There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

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There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or believe. It’s more like conversation, raising new questions and inspiring you to answer them for yourself.

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Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or believe. It’s more like conversation, raising new questions and inspiring you to answer them for yourself.
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Moving
People ask without wanting to know.

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People ask without wanting to know.
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Knows
I’m not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I’m doing.

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I’m not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I’m doing.
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Knows Pretending
I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.

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I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.
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Allies Imperfect Like Me
It’s what you do that makes your soul.
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Rabbits
But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.

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But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.
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Running
I’ve about decided that’s the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you’re a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

I’ve about decided that’s the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you’re a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.
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Feelings Sweaters
A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.

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A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.
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Throwing
You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don’t attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.

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You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don’t attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.
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Needs
How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.
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It’s terrible to lose somebody, but it’s also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that’s got to be so much worse.

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It’s terrible to lose somebody, but it’s also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that’s got to be so much worse.
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A sound-bite culture can’t discuss science very well. Exactly what we’re losing when we reduce biodiversity, the causes and consequences of global warming-these traumas can’t be adequately summarized in an evening news wrap-up.
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Causes Evening
In the long run, most of us spend about fifteen minutes total in the entanglements of passion, and the rest of our days looking back on it, humming the tune.

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

In the long run, most of us spend about fifteen minutes total in the entanglements of passion, and the rest of our days looking back on it, humming the tune.
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Long Running
The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.
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May Salvation
A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.

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A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.
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Doe
A flower is a plant’s way of making love.

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A flower is a plant’s way of making love.
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