I rarely think of poetry as something I make happen; it is more accurate to say that it happens to me. Like a summer storm, a house afire, or the coincidence of both on the same day.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERPeople read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
More Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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I’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!
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…nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness.
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I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.
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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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I don’t understand how any good art could fail to be political.
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Sadness is more or less like a head cold – with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
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Alice wonders if other women in the middle of the night have begun to resent their Formica.
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It’s what you do that makes your soul.
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Honk if you love Jesus, text while driving if you want to meet up.
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I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.
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Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.
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Insomnia’s different,” I said. It was hard to explain this to people. “You know the light that comes on when you open the refrigerator door? Just imagine it stays on all the time, even after you close the door. That’s what it’s like in my head. The light stays on.
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Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn’t rip off.
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For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.
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