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 KINGSOLVERSadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
More Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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Last time I talked to her she didn’t sound like herself. She’s depressed. It’s awful what happens when people run out of money. They start thinking they’re no good.
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No human eye had looked at this moth before; no one would see its friends. So much detail goes unnoticed in the world.
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Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.
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Once you start cooking, one thing leads to another. A new recipe is as exciting as a blind date. A new ingredient, heaven help me, is an intoxicating affair.
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Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
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The most assiduous task of parenting is to divine the difference between boundaries and bondage.
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For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.
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I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.
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You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one’s own.
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Now, see, that’s why you want Internet friends. You can find people just exactly like you. Screw your neighbors and your family, too messy…the trouble is, once you filter out everybody that doesn’t agree with you, all that’s left is maybe this one retired surfer guy living in Idaho.
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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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If you’re standing in the manure pile, it’s somebody’s job to mention the stink.
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People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.
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We’re animals. We’re born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.
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