Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

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• Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me. Doorway
• Oh, that river of wishes, the slippery crocodile dream of it, how it might have carried my body down through all the glittering sand bars… All
• But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know ? I've been thinking about that. About how your… All
• A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't.… All
• Sometimes I prayed for Baby Jesus to make me good, but Baby Jesus didn't. Baby
• The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations. Animal
• Over the last decade our country has lost an average of 300 farms a week. Large or small, each of those was the lifes work… Animal
• If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make… Ask
• There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness… Best Friend
• You know what the issue is? Do you want to know? It's what these guys have decided to call America. They have the audacity to… America
• Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. Afraid
• You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching… Curse
• Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back. Careful
• High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly. Deadly
• Hallie and I... were all there was. The image in the mirror that proves you are still here. We had exactly one sister apiece. We… All
• Mr. Shepherd, ye cannot stop a bad thought from coming into your head. But ye need not pull up a chair and bide it sit… Bad
• If you can't dress expensive, dress memorable. Dress
• If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business. Boyfriend
• ...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness. Kindness
• Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular. Infinite

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