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title: "3 Kim Barnes Quotes"
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# Kim Barnes

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Kim Barnes is a contemporary American author of fiction, memoir, and personal essays. She served as Poet Laureate of Idaho.

##  Quotes by Kim Barnes

> [“Relationships are like an algebraic equations:what happens on one side affect the other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-barnes/relationships-are-like-an-algebraic-equations-what-happens-on-one/)

[Kim Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-barnes/)

[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

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> [“I think of how long we search to find a place we might call ours, where we might feel we have found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-barnes/i-think-of-how-long-we-search-to-find-a-place-we-might-call-ours/)

[Kim Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-barnes/)

[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/kim-barnes-80324_love_i-think-of-how-long-we-search-to-find-a_1961457.jpg)

> [“I carry it all with me, in the quiet pools and strong currents of my being. I fill my hands with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-barnes/i-carry-it-all-with-me-in-the-quiet-pools-and-strong-currents-of-my/)

[Kim Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-barnes/)

[Carrying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carrying/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/kim-barnes-80324_carrying_i-carry-it-all-with-me-in-the-quiet-pool_2851954.jpg)

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