Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

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• Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts. Become Permanent
• War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones. Benefits
• To think is not always to see. Funny
• Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history. Every Life
• Loose lips sink ships. Inspirational
• It's a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else. Everything Else
• There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they… Been
• This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it… Address
• People ask without wanting to know. Ask
• It occurs to her that there is one thing about people you can never understand well enough: how entirely inside themselves they are. Entirely
• Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose. Anybody
• You could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient. Admire
• 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 for me. And… Bet
• I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed… Capable
• It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else. Always Go
• The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know. Important
• People read books to escape the uncertainties of life. Book
• People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own. Errors
• You know things are bad when a woman without any legs and who recently lost two of her own kids feels sorry for you. Any
• Time cures you first, and then it kills you. Cures

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