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Barbara Kingsolver quotes

American Novelist April 8, 1955

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Barbara Kingsolver quote: "No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a..."
No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story. Barbara Kingsolver
There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet. Barbara Kingsolver
You think you're the foreigner here, and I'm the American, and I just look the other way while the President or somebody sends down this and that . . . to torture people with. But nobody asked my permission, okay? Sometimes I feel like I'm a foreigner, too. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "A bird in the hand loses its mystery in no time flat."
A bird in the hand loses its mystery in no time flat. Barbara Kingsolver
A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul. Barbara Kingsolver
There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky. Barbara Kingsolver
Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan before it finally begins to work. It's discouraging, but necessary to write those pages. I try to consider them pages -100 to zero of the novel. Barbara Kingsolver
Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still. Barbara Kingsolver
The pounding of What do I want went still in her breast. It didn't matter what she chose. The world was what it was, a place with its own rules of hunger and satisfaction. Creatures lived and mated and died, they came and went, as surely as summer did. They would go their own ways, of their own accord. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "She is inhumanly alone. And then, all at once, she isn't."
She is inhumanly alone. And then, all at once, she isn't. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "A territory is only possessed for a moment in time."
A territory is only possessed for a moment in time. Barbara Kingsolver
Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in..."
A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill. Barbara Kingsolver
A blank space on a form, the missing page, a void, a hole in your knowledge of someone--it's still some real *thing*. It exists. You don't get to fill it in with whatever you want. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "My thoughts kept straying onto random paths...hoping to get..."
My thoughts kept straying onto random paths...hoping to get lost in a thicket. Barbara Kingsolver

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