--- title: "20 Stills Quotes By Barbara Kingsolver" description: "20 Stills quotes by Barbara Kingsolver. Plus more from Barbara Kingsolver and more Stills sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/barbara-kingsolver-200_bad-thing_don-t-try-to-make-life-a-mathematics-pro_2045985.png" --- > [Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/don-t-try-to-make-life-a-mathematics-problem-with-yourself-in-the/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/barbara-kingsolver-200_bad-thing_don-t-try-to-make-life-a-mathematics-pro_2045985.png) > [He had senile dementia and liked to go outside naked, but he could still do two things perfectly: win at checkers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/he-had-senile-dementia-and-liked-to-go-outside-naked-but-he-could/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/barbara-kingsolver-200_checkers_he-had-senile-dementia-and-liked-to-go-o_2635028.png) > [You don't think you'll live past it and you don't really. The person you were is gone. But the half of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/you-don-t-think-you-ll-live-past-it-and-you-don-t-really-the-person/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/barbara-kingsolver-200_alive_you-don-t-think-you-ll-live-past-it-and_1079118.png) > [Be still, and the world is bound to turn herself inside out to entertain you. Everywhere you look, joyful noise is clanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/be-still-and-the-world-is-bound-to-turn-herself-inside-out-to/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/barbara-kingsolver-200_bounds_be-still-and-the-world-is-bound-to-turn_375187.jpg) > [Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/like-kids-who-only-ever-get-socks-for-christmas-but-still-believe/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/barbara-kingsolver-200_believe_like-kids-who-only-ever-get-socks-for-ch_2487686.png) > [Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/stop-a-minute-right-where-you-are-relax-your-shoulders-shake-your/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/barbara-kingsolver-200_cold_stop-a-minute-right-where-you-are-relax_1772974.png) > [I've never gotten over high school, to the extent that I'm still a little surprised that my friends want to hang out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-ve-never-gotten-over-high-school-to-the-extent-that-i-m-still-a/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/barbara-kingsolver-200_friends_i-ve-never-gotten-over-high-school-to-th_2355294.png) > [Back then I was still appalled that God would set down his barefoot boy and girl dollies into an Eden where, presumably,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/back-then-i-was-still-appalled-that-god-would-set-down-his-barefoot/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/barbara-kingsolver-200_appalled_back-then-i-was-still-appalled-that-god_2811232.png) > [But still, I’d be darned if I was going to be one of those Americans who stomp around Italy barking commands in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/but-still-i-d-be-darned-if-i-was-going-to-be-one-of-those-americans/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/barbara-kingsolver-200_animal_but-still-i-d-be-darned-if-i-was-going-t_513564.jpg) > [it takes your sleeping self years to catch up to where you really are. ... when you go on a trip, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/it-takes-your-sleeping-self-years-to-catch-up-to-where-you-really-are/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/barbara-kingsolver-200_coming-home_it-takes-your-sleeping-self-years-to-cat_1785870.png) > [Hallie and I... were all there was. The image in the mirror that proves you are still here. We had exactly one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/hallie-and-i-were-all-there-was-the-image-in-the-mirror-that-proves/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/barbara-kingsolver-200_arithmetic_hallie-and-i-were-all-there-was-the-imag_427761.png) > [You know what the issue is? Do you want to know? It's what these guys have decided to call America. They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/you-know-what-the-issue-is-do-you-want-to-know-it-s-what-these-guys/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/barbara-kingsolver-200_america_you-know-what-the-issue-is-do-you-want-t_2515865.png) > [The moth settled onto the curtain and sat still. It was an astonishing creature, with black and white wings patterned in geometric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/the-moth-settled-onto-the-curtain-and-sat-still-it-was-an-astonishing/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/barbara-kingsolver-200_black_the-moth-settled-onto-the-curtain-and-sa_1139794.jpg) > [He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much of us. "Sending a girl to college is like pouring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/he-warned-mother-not-to-flout-god-s-will-by-expecting-too-much-of-us/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/barbara-kingsolver-200_college_he-warned-mother-not-to-flout-god-s-will_1000860.png) > [Many of us who aren't farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/many-of-us-who-aren-t-farmers-or-gardeners-still-have-some-element-of/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/barbara-kingsolver-200_connections_many-of-us-who-aren-t-farmers-or-gardene_618005.jpg) > [But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/but-anatole-said-suddenly-don-t-expect-god-s-protection-in-places/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/barbara-kingsolver-200_bad-thing_but-anatole-said-suddenly-don-t-expect-g_1818931.png) > [Wake up now, look alive, for here is a day off work just to praise Creation: the turkey, the squash, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/wake-up-now-look-alive-for-here-is-a-day-off-work-just-to-praise/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/barbara-kingsolver-200_alive_wake-up-now-look-alive-for-here-is-a-day_2245338.jpg) > [Sometimes I still have American dreams. I mean literally. I see microwave ovens and exercise machines and grocery store shelves with 30…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/sometimes-i-still-have-american-dreams-i-mean-literally-i-see/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/barbara-kingsolver-200_american-dream_sometimes-i-still-have-american-dreams-i_1462068.jpg) > [For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/for-time-and-eternity-there-have-been-fathers-like-nathan-who-simply/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/barbara-kingsolver-200_awful_for-time-and-eternity-there-have-been-fa_1308423.jpg) > [But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know ? I've been thinking about that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/but-nothing-on-this-earth-is-guaranteed-when-you-get-right-down-to-it/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/barbara-kingsolver-200_book_but-nothing-on-this-earth-is-guaranteed_2715600.jpg) ## Other authors on Stills ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stills/barbara-kingsolver/#itemlist", "name": "20 Stills Quotes By Barbara Kingsolver", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. 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