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If I were going to name a child India, I would give her a more common middle name, just in case she hates it when she gets older. That way she can go by her middle name.

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But as she has grown, her smile has widened with a touch of fear and her glance has taken on depth. Now she is aware of some of the losses you incur by being here -- the extraordinary rent you have to pay as you stay.
Annie Dillard