“He doesn't even look at her because there is too much there, and he's afraid. She is his first child, his favorite,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Having children was not like people said. Forget training them in your footsteps; the minute they put down the teething ring and… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“[from an entry by her daughter Camille] Organic produce actually delivers more nutritional bang for the buck. These fruits and vegetables are… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I can think of no honorable answer. Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“It lasted just a moment, whatever that is. One held breath? An ant's afternoon? It was brief, I can promise that much,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
A miscarriage is a natural and common event. All told, probably more women have lost a child from this world than haven't.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Yet I stake a claim, I am here, for I must be somewhere. But only as a child it seems, struggling to… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“[from an entry by her daughter Camille] American culture doesn't allow much room for slow reflection. I watch the working people who… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Mexico admits you through an arched stone orifice into the tree-filled courtyard of its heart, where a dog pisses against a wall… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus… Lily… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Most people no longer believe that buying sneakers made in Asian sweatshops is a kindness to those child laborers. Farming is similar.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“[from an excerpt by her daughter Camille] Living on the land that has grown my food gives me a sense of security… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Jesus was a more reliable backer, evidently, less likely to drink himself unconscious or get liver cancer. No wonder people chose Him as their… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
“In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
“Lusa turned to Crys, her eyes shining. "That was a luna." Crys shrugged. "So?" "So? So what? You want it should sing, too?” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
“An imperfectly remembered life is a useless treachery. Every day, more fragments of the past roll around heavily in the chambers of an empty… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
“Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.” — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
But we've all ended up giving body and soul to Africa, one way or another. Even Adah, who's becoming an expert in tropical epidemiology… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share
![“[from an entry by her daughter Camille] Organic produce actually delivers more nutritional bang for the buck. These fruits and vegetables are tougher creatures than those labeled "conventional," precisely because they've had to fight off predators themselves.” quote by Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36b/barbara-kingsolver-200_children_from-an-entry-by-her-daughter-camille-or_1153559.jpg)
![“[from an entry by her daughter Camille] American culture doesn't allow much room for slow reflection. I watch the working people who are supposed to be my role models getting pushed to go, go, go and take as little vacation time as possible. And then, often, vacations are full of endless activity…” quote by Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/barbara-kingsolver-200_american-culture_from-an-entry-by-her-daughter-camille-am_910178.png)
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