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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.

Barbara Kingsolver

Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
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Cancer Depression Sadness
Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.
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Day Diagonal Human Nature
A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Book Jumping Magic
A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.
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Doe Dog Thinking
Maybe life doesn’t get any better than this, or any worse, and what we get is just what we’re willing to find: small wonders, where they grow.
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Grows Willing Wonder
I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I’d written.
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Book Reading Writing
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn’t rip off.
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Book Library Rip
The happiest people are the ones with the most community.
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Community People
That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I don’t know how a person could ever describe that scent.
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Hands Rain Strong
The substance of grief is not imaginary. It’s as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things, it can kill.
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Air Both Grief Real Thing
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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People Running Thinking
I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.
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Allies Imperfect Like Me
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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Bird Book Want
Everything truly important is washable.
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Housework Important
I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it “intently political.” I’m just writing about the world I know, as it is. Wounds and griefs included.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Character Grief Writing
Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
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Creativity People Writing

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