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Barbara Kingsolver quotes

American Novelist April 8, 1955

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I'm too fascinated to hide indoors or stay cooped up in our yard. Curiosity killed the cat, I know, but I try to land on my feet. Barbara Kingsolver
Modern US consumers now get to taste less than 1 percent of the vegetable varieties that were grown here a century ago. Those old-timers now lurk only in backyard gardens and on farms that specialize in direct sales--if they survive at all. Many heirlooms have been lost entirely. Barbara Kingsolver
The essential ingredient of authorship is authority. You hunt it out in a library, you chase it down the street, or you knit it from the fiber of your own will. From somewhere, you get it. You begin Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "The war's [World War II] end has left America with loads of..."
The war's [World War II] end has left America with loads of get-up-and-go, and no place to go. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live..."
We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. Barbara Kingsolver
Morality is not a large, constructed *thing* you have or have not, but simply a capacity. Something you carry with you in your brain and in your hands. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they..."
When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "she's never forgotten, either, how a mystery caught in the..."
she's never forgotten, either, how a mystery caught in the hand could lose its grace Barbara Kingsolver
She kept her ears permanently tuned to the chicken voices outside, so knew immediately when a coyote had crept into the yard, and barreled screaming for the front door before the rest of us had a clue. (I don't know about the coyote, but I nearly needed CPR.) These hens owed their lives and eggs to Lily, there was no question. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "We were not made for this killing thing, I swear. Back up. ..."
We were not made for this killing thing, I swear. Back up. Big mistake. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "It's the one thing we never quite get over: that we contain..."
It's the one thing we never quite get over: that we contain our own future. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "To think is not always to see."
To think is not always to see. Barbara Kingsolver
Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from..."
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect."
I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect. Barbara Kingsolver

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