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Now I’m starting to think he wasn’t supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.

Barbara Kingsolver

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Creativity People Writing
Now I’m starting to think he wasn’t supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Doorways Starting Thinking
Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit down.” – Mrs. Brown
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Needs Pull Shepherds Ups
Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
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Bird Nests Safe
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
Time cures you first, and then it kills you.
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Cure First Kill
If you’re standing in the manure pile, it’s somebody’s job to mention the stink.
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Jobs Standing Stink
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.
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Believe Grief Track
Downstream is always someone else’s up.
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Always Downstream Else Someone
If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.
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Dream Sweet Want
The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don’t know.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Important Pieces Stories
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Book Doubt Writing
It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Thinking Wise Writing
People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.
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Errors People Sin
I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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Farmers Farms Virginia
I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Decided Dresses Memorable

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