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title: "32 Way Quotes By Barbara Kingsolver"
description: "32 Way quotes by Barbara Kingsolver. Plus more from Barbara Kingsolver and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [My way of finding a place in this world is to write one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/my-way-of-finding-a-place-in-this-world-is-to-write-one/)

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

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> [Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/every-life-is-different-because-you-passed-this-way-and-touched-3/)

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

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> [A flower is a plant's way of making love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/a-flower-is-a-plant-s-way-of-making-love/)

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

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> [I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-m-never-going-to-tell-the-reader-what-to-believe-i-m-going-to/)

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

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> [I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-never-think-that-anything-i-m-writing-is-bluntly-political-in-any/)

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

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> [ I personally am inclined to approach \[housework\] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-personally-am-inclined-to-approach-housework-the-way-governments/)

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

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> [He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/he-was-getting-that-look-he-gets-oh-boy-like-here-comes-moses/)

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

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> [Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/sugar-it-s-no-parade-but-you-ll-get-down-the-street-one-way-or/)

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

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> [Feeling that morality has nothing to do with the way you use the resources of the world is an idea that can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/feeling-that-morality-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-way-you-use-the/)

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

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> [Americans who read and think are patriots of the first order. The kind who know enough to roll their eyes whenever anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/americans-who-read-and-think-are-patriots-of-the-first-order-the-kind/)

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

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> [Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways as if we were both party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/let-me-claim-that-africa-and-i-kept-company-for-a-while-and-then/)

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

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> [People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/people-s-dreams-are-made-out-of-what-they-do-all-day-the-same-way-a/)

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

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> [A careless way of sauntering across the earth and breaking open its treasures, a terrible dependency on sucking out the world's best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/a-careless-way-of-sauntering-across-the-earth-and-breaking-open-its/)

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

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> [It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise, ultimately defiant act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/it-s-the-same-struggle-for-each-of-us-and-the-same-path-out-the/)

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

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> [I didn't study writing in school, I studied biology as an undergraduate and graduate student. So I think that I write fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-didn-t-study-writing-in-school-i-studied-biology-as-an/)

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

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> [Finally, cooking is good citizenship. It's the only way to get serious about putting locally raised foods into your diet, which keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/finally-cooking-is-good-citizenship-it-s-the-only-way-to-get-serious/)

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

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> [Most of the girls my age, or even younger, have babies. They appear way too young to be married, till you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/most-of-the-girls-my-age-or-even-younger-have-babies-they-appear-way/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/children-model-the-behavior-of-adults-on-whatever-scale-is-available/)

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

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> [...trust in Creation which is made fresh daily and doesn’t suffer in translation. This God does not work in especially mysterious ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/trust-in-creation-which-is-made-fresh-daily-and-doesn-t-suffer-in/)

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

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> [I don't know what rituals my kids will carry into adulthood, whether they'll grow up attached to homemade pizza on Friday nights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-don-t-know-what-rituals-my-kids-will-carry-into-adulthood-whether/)

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

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> [With all due respect for the wondrous ways people have invented to amuse themselves and one another on paved surfaces, I find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/with-all-due-respect-for-the-wondrous-ways-people-have-invented-to/)

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

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> [Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/literature-duplicates-the-experience-of-living-in-a-way-that-nothing/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [You think you're the foreigner here, and I'm the American, and I just look the other way while the President or somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/you-think-you-re-the-foreigner-here-and-i-m-the-american-and-i-just/)

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

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> [Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/because-i-write-fiction-that-is-based-in-the-real-world-it-s-going-to/)

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

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> [One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/one-of-the-very-first-things-i-figured-out-about-life-is-that-it-s/)

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

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> [Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history... Listen being dead is not worse than being alive. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/every-life-is-different-because-you-passed-this-way-and-touched/)

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

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> [At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/at-some-point-in-my-life-i-d-honestly-hoped-love-would-rescue-me-from/)

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

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> [I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense…](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/)

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> [The way I see it, a person isn't nothing more than a scarecrow... The only difference between one that stands up good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/the-way-i-see-it-a-person-isn-t-nothing-more-than-a-scarecrow-the/)

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

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> [The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/the-thing-is-it-s-my-own-fault-i-just-can-t-put-up-with-a-person-that/)

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

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## Other authors on Way

## 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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