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title: "11 Feet Quotes By Barbara Kingsolver"
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> [Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/why-is-it-that-only-girls-stand-on-the-sides-of-their-feet-as-if-they/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/barbara-kingsolver-200_feet_why-is-it-that-only-girls-stand-on-the-s_3050047.png)

> [Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/illusions-mistaken-for-truth-are-the-pavement-under-our-feet-they-are/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/barbara-kingsolver-200_civilization_illusions-mistaken-for-truth-are-the-pav_2008028.png)

> [Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/misunderstanding-is-my-cornerstone-it-s-everyone-s-come-to-think-of/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/barbara-kingsolver-200_feet_misunderstanding-is-my-cornerstone-it-s_2787727.png)

> [In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/in-kilanga-people-knew-nothing-of-things-they-might-have-had-a/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/barbara-kingsolver-200_bread_in-kilanga-people-knew-nothing-of-things_1551921.png)

> [Of the two hundred bones in the human body, more than a quarter are in the foot. It is a more complicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/of-the-two-hundred-bones-in-the-human-body-more-than-a-quarter-are-in/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/barbara-kingsolver-200_automobile_of-the-two-hundred-bones-in-the-human-bo_1237445.jpg)

> [A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/a-first-child-is-your-own-best-foot-forward-and-how-you-do-cheer/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/barbara-kingsolver-200_baby_a-first-child-is-your-own-best-foot-forw_2518725.png)

> [Codi: Gives you the willies, doesn't it? The thought of raising kids in a place where the front yard ends in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/codi-gives-you-the-willies-doesn-t-it-the-thought-of-raising-kids-in/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/barbara-kingsolver-200_civilization_codi-gives-you-the-willies-doesn-t-it-th_3039308.png)

> [Shoes would interfere with her conversation, for she constantly addresses the ground under her feet. Asking forgiveness. Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/shoes-would-interfere-with-her-conversation-for-she-constantly/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/barbara-kingsolver-200_addresses_shoes-would-interfere-with-her-conversat_2909298.jpg)

> [It feels strange to me to be living in a box, hiding from the steadying influence of the moon; wearing the hide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/it-feels-strange-to-me-to-be-living-in-a-box-hiding-from-the/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/barbara-kingsolver-200_boxes_it-feels-strange-to-me-to-be-living-in-a_1559056.jpg)

> [There are always more questions. Science as a process is never complete. It is not a foot race, with a finish line……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/there-are-always-more-questions-science-as-a-process-is-never/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/barbara-kingsolver-200_approach_there-are-always-more-questions-science_132915.jpg)

> [But we've all ended up giving body and soul to Africa, one way or another. Even Adah, who's becoming an expert in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/but-we-ve-all-ended-up-giving-body-and-soul-to-africa-one-way-or/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/barbara-kingsolver-200_africa_but-we-ve-all-ended-up-giving-body-and-s_67012.jpg)

## Other authors on Feet

## More by Barbara Kingsolver

> [“Jesus was a more reliable backer, evidently, less likely to drink himself unconscious or get liver cancer. No wonder people chose Him as their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/jesus-was-a-more-reliable-backer-evidently-less-likely-to-drink/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/now-i-m-starting-to-think-he-wasn-t-supposed-to-be-my-whole-life-he/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/cooking-is-80-percent-confidence-a-skill-best-acquired-starting-from/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/in-bobby-ogle-s-version-of-heaven-everyone-would-wind-up-in-one-place/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“Weeds are job security for the gardener.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/weeds-are-job-security-for-the-gardener/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/it-s-what-you-do-that-makes-your-soul-not-the-other-way-around/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“Lusa turned to Crys, her eyes shining. "That was a luna." Crys shrugged. "So?" "So? So what? You want it should sing, too?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/lusa-turned-to-crys-her-eyes-shining-that-was-a-luna-crys-shrugged-so/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/the-strength-of-motherhood-is-greater-than-natural-laws/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“An imperfectly remembered life is a useless treachery. Every day, more fragments of the past roll around heavily in the chambers of an empty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/an-imperfectly-remembered-life-is-a-useless-treachery-every-day-more/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/respecting-the-dignity-of-a-spectacular-food-means-enjoying-it-at-its/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [“Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/somehow-it-had-come-to-pass-that-this-man-was-her-whole-world-and-she/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/after-the-poisonwood-bible-was-published-several-people-believed-that/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-can-count-all-the-ways-in-which-being-a-mother-has-enriched-my/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/but-we-ve-all-ended-up-giving-body-and-soul-to-africa-one-way-or/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

> [If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/if-the-lord-hasn-t-got-a-boyfriend-lined-up-for-me-to-marry-that-s/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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