Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn’t rip off.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERHow 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.
More Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
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Vengeance does not subtract any numbers from the equation of murder; it only adds them.
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Everything you’re sure is right can be wrong in another place.
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I’m not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I’m doing.
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Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can’t even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
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A writer’s occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business.
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What keeps me awake at the wheel is the thrill of trying something completely new with each book. I’m not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, but as a writer I definitely choose the fast car, the impossible rock face, the free fall.
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I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.
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Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.
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This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it.
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there are people who read my work and accuse me of being political! As far as I’m concerned that’s like accusing a dog of having a bark!
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It’s a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can’t begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It’s peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.
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I prefer to remain anomalous.
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Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.
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