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Time Quotes by Barbara Kingsolver
- There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
- When the scope of the problem seems insuperable, isn't it time to call this one, give it up, and get on with life as we…
- The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard things before. And…
- To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into…
- It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
- The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
- Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I…
- For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to own her like…
- On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for…
- There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.
- Most of the girls my age, or even younger, have babies. They appear way too young to be married, till you look in their eyes.…
- Last time I talked to her she didn't sound like herself. She's depressed. It's awful what happens when people run out of money. They start…
- Wake up now, look alive, for here is a day off work just to praise Creation: the turkey, the squash, and the corn, these things…
- Every one of us is called upon, perhaps many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a…
- So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what…
- In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at…
- What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its edge.…
- He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am…
- Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.
- 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…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Never regret your past, the only thing you should regret is the time you've wasted with the wrong people. — Nishan Panwar
- I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams