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Barbara Kingsolver quotes

American Novelist April 8, 1955

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Barbara Kingsolver quote: "She is too absorbed in the difficulties of being seventeen to..."
She is too absorbed in the difficulties of being seventeen to want to hear the confusions of forty-four. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones."
War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She..."
Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She knew. Barbara Kingsolver
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned..."
Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "The past is all we know of the future."
The past is all we know of the future. Barbara Kingsolver
But I've swallowed my pride before, that's for sure. I'm practically lined with my mistakes on the inside like a bad-wallpapered bathroom. Barbara Kingsolver
The color brown, I realized, is anything but nondescript. It comes in as many hues as there are colors of earth, with is commonly presumed infinite. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an..."
What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "If I kept trying to be what everybody wanted, I'd soon be..."
If I kept trying to be what everybody wanted, I'd soon be insipid enough to fit in everywhere. Barbara Kingsolver
Once you start cooking, one thing leads to another. A new recipe is as exciting as a blind date. A new ingredient, heaven help me, is an intoxicating affair. Barbara Kingsolver
This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson. Barbara Kingsolver
You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next. Barbara Kingsolver
The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way for me. And that's what a man is. Somebody that won't go out of his way for you. I bet it says that in the dictionary. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing..."
It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water. Barbara Kingsolver

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