Literature is one of the few kinds of writing in the world that does not tell you what to buy, want, see, be, or believe. It’s more like conversation, raising new questions and inspiring you to answer them for yourself.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver The happiest people are the ones with the most community.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver She kept swimming out into life because she hadn’t yet found a rock to stand on.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver 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 KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver You never knew which split second might be the zigzag bolt dividing all that went before from the everything that comes next.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver We’re surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver Does a man become a revolutionary out of the belief he’s entitled to joy rather than submission?
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean
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