In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career – my anti-job – that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER- The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!
More Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career – my anti-job – that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.
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You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don’t attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERYou can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don’t attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to travel in groups. And they are known to change the world.
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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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Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
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That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I don’t know how a person could ever describe that scent.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThat was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I don’t know how a person could ever describe that scent.
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If we can’t, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERIf we can’t, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.
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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.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERThere 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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A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERA good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.
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Time cures you first, and then it kills you.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERTime cures you first, and then it kills you.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERI live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERBecause I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.
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A flower is a plant’s way of making love.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERA flower is a plant’s way of making love.
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I’m not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I’m doing.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERI’m not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I’m doing.
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From my earliest memory, times of crisis seemed to end up with women in the kitchen preparing food for men.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERFrom my earliest memory, times of crisis seemed to end up with women in the kitchen preparing food for men.
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My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read.
BARBARA KINGSOLVERMy worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read.
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