"Our holiday food splurge was a small crate……" — Barbara Kingsolver

Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we… - Barbara Kingsolver

"Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing."

— Barbara Kingsolver

Abstinence Quotes After Quotes Balance Quotes Before Quotes Bliss Quotes Cheeks Quotes Chest Quotes Chest Before Quotes Child Quotes Children Quotes Citrus Quotes Crate Quotes Cross Quotes Cross Legged Quotes Crosses Quotes Doll Quotes Dolls Quotes Each Quotes Eight Quotes Eight Month Quotes Expectation Quotes Expectations Quotes Floor Quotes Floor One Quotes Food Quotes Found Quotes From Quotes Gently Quotes Grateful Quotes Her Cheeks Quotes Her Chest Quotes Holiday Quotes Hugged Quotes I Thought Quotes Legged Quotes Lighting Quotes Lilies Quotes Lily Quotes Longing Quotes Lucky Quotes Made Quotes Money Quotes Month Quotes Months Quotes Morning Quotes One Quotes One Morning Quotes Pajamas Quotes Pink Quotes Pink Pajamas Quotes Receive Quotes Ridiculously Quotes Sat Quotes Sat Cross Quotes She Sat Quotes Small Quotes Splurge Quotes Tangerines Quotes Tender Quotes Tender Balance Quotes Thought Quotes Thrilling Quotes Undressing Quotes Value Quotes Values Quotes Watching Quotes Watching Her Quotes We Found Quotes World Quotes

355 Quotes by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver has 355 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 355 quotes by Barbara Kingsolver »

More Abstinence Quotes

This quote is filed under Abstinence Quotes, one of 126 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather… — Samuel Butler
I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I… — Giacomo Casanova
Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. — Kurt Angle
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence… — Robert E. Lee
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker… — Clement of Alexandria
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining… — Clive James
Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence. — Robert Herrick
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion… — James Madison

See all 126 Abstinence Quotes »