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Barbara Kingsolver quotes about life

American Novelist April 8, 1955

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Barbara Kingsolver quote: "You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no..."
You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own. Barbara Kingsolver
Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed till early dawn, throwing your whole tomorrow out of whack, simply to find out what happens to some people who, you know perfectly well, are made up. Barbara Kingsolver
The death of something living is the price of our own survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."
If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life. Barbara Kingsolver
Shoes would interfere with her conversation, for she constantly addresses the ground under her feet. Asking forgiveness. Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity. We all are, I suppose. Trying to invent our version of the story. All human odes are essentially one, "My life; what I stole from history, and how I live with it. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "God doesn't need to punish us. He grants us a long enough..."
God doesn't need to punish us. He grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for..."
Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life. Barbara Kingsolver
My life is a pitiful, mechanical thing without a past, like a little wind-up car, ready to run in any direction someone points me. Barbara Kingsolver
Solitude is a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot, a tug of impalpable thread on the web pulling mate to mate and predator to prey, a beginning or an end. Every choice is a world made new for the chosen. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past..."
High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a..."
She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on. Barbara Kingsolver
Maybe life doesn't get any better than this, or any worse, and what we get is just what we're willing to find: small wonders, where they grow. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put..."
If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Every life is different because you passed this way and..."
Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history... Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole..."
Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me. Barbara Kingsolver

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