Time Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

““Dellarobia watched the void of this man where once there had been wonder, and she despaired of her future. In such a short time he had relieved her of a lifetime of illusions, and already she missed them.””

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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.

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“In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.”

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“Weeds are job security for the gardener.”

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“It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.”

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“Lusa turned to Crys, her eyes shining. "That was a luna." Crys shrugged. "So?" "So? So what? You want it should sing, too?”

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The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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“An imperfectly remembered life is a useless treachery. Every day, more fragments of the past roll around heavily in the chambers of an empty…

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“Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.”

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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

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