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Barbara Kingsolver quotes about time

American Novelist April 8, 1955

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-"What do you think people want, if it's not greatness and to be remembered for all time?"-"Mostly? I believe people want to eat a good lunch, and then take a good piss. Barbara Kingsolver
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 it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
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 born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible. Barbara Kingsolver
While we watched without comprehension, she moved away to where none of us wanted to follow. Ruth May shrank back through the narrow passage between this brief fabric of light and all the rest of what there is for us: the long waiting. Now she will wait the rest of the time. It will be exactly as long as the time that passed before she was born. Barbara Kingsolver
But newspapers have a duty to truth,' Van said. Lev clucked his tongue. 'They tell the truth only as the exception. Zola wrote that the mendacity of the press could be divided into two groups: the yellow press lies every day without hesitating. But others, like the Times, speak the truth on all inconsequential occasions, so they can deceive the public with the requisite authority when it becomes necessary.'Van got up from his chair to gather the cast-off newspapers. Lev took off his glasses... Barbara Kingsolver
Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. Barbara Kingsolver
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. But most won't even stand close to the blade. I'm one of those. We don't bend anything. Barbara Kingsolver
Insomnia’s different,” I said. It was hard to explain this to people. “You know the light that comes on when you open the refrigerator door? Just imagine it stays on all the time, even after you close the door. That’s what it’s like in my head. The light stays on. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "It's surprising how much memory is built around things..."
It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like..."
Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives. Barbara Kingsolver
...the twins too, they've never cared a hoot what they looked like. They spent so much time staring at each other's faces before they were born they can go the rest of their lives passing up mirrors without a glance. Barbara Kingsolver
What you hold in your hands right now, beneath these words, is consecrated air and time and sunlight and, first of all, a place. 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
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
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

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