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First Quotes by Barbara Kingsolver
- Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of…
- Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of the dirt.
- In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird's nest. After we handled…
- Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build…
- Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for…
- A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn…
- One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical, grumpy one, because…
- Planning complex, beautiful meals and investing one's heart and time in their preparation is the opposite of self-indulgence. Kitchen-based family gatherings are process-oriented, cooperative, and…
- Time cures you first, and then it kills you.
- The first sentence of a book is a promise.
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