People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERPeople read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERA certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERIt’s a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERLike kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.
BARBARA KINGSOLVEREaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERWhat you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERBecause I write fiction that is based in the real world, it’s going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns and even catastrophes that they will think about in a new way.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThere were two things about Mama. One is she always expected the best out of me. And the other is that then no matter what I did, whatever I came home with, she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars. Like I was that good.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERValue is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThe talkers are rising above the thinkers.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERDon’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERAnybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It’s peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.
BARBARA KINGSOLVEREvery betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERFew 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.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERYour dreams, what you hope for and all that, it’s not separate from your life. It grows right up out of it.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThis is what it means to be alone: everyone is connected to everyone else, their bodies are a bright liquid life flowing around you, sharing a single heart that drives them to move all together. If the shark comes they will all escape, and leave you to be eaten.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER