You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they’re not self-sufficient.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThere are days when I am envious of my hens: when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg.
More Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals.
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the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners
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Global commerce is driven by a single conviction: the inalienable right to earn profit, regardless of any human cost.
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You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to run out of people to love.
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When I want to take God at his word exactly, I take a peep out the window at His creation. Because that, darling, He makes fresh for us everyday.
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Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please.
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Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?
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If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
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Households that have lost the soul of cooking from their routines may not know what they are missing: the song of a stir-fry sizzle, the small talk of clinking measuring spoons, the yeasty scent of rising dough, the painting of flavors onto a pizza before it slides into the oven.
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There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
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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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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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Honk if you love Jesus, text while driving if you want to meet up.
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