English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

[Sylvain] told us that in India it's sometimes considered a purification ritual to go home and spend a year eating everything from one place--ideally, even to grow it yourself. I liked this name for what we had done: a purification ritual, to cultivate health and gratitude. It sounds so much better than wackadoo.

Barbara Kingsolver

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I understand solidarity in sin among men; solidarity in retribution I also understand; but what solidarity in sin do little children have? ...And if the suffering of children goes to make up the sum of suffering needed to buy truth, then I assert beforehand that the whole of truth is not worth such a price. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lauren Alaina quote: "I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and..."
I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face. Lauren Alaina
He loved her as he had never loved another, and he trusted her as he had allowed himself to trust no one else. But by the nature of the world, those who loved and trusted were uniquely vulnerable Dean Koontz
We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican. Kate Clinton
So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl. Carrie Underwood
Pablo Picasso quote: "You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to..."
You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. Pablo Picasso
Well, coming out of the courthouse that night Miss Gates was-she goin' down the steps in front of us, you musta not seen her- she was talking with Miss Stephen Crawford. I heard her say it's time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home- Harper Lee
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?"
Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels? Leo Tolstoy
I remember one morning... getting up at dawn... there was such a sense of possibility! You know? That feeling? And... and I remember thinking to myself: 'So this is the beginning of happiness...' 'This is where it starts!' 'And, of course, there'll always be more.' Never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning, It was happiness. It was the moment... Virginia Woolf
Malcolm X quote: "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but..."
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. Malcolm X
With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film. Sienna Miller
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. quote: "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you..."
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Zoe Saldana quote: "I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man,..."
I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally. Zoe Saldana
Open your eyes now. I will. One moment. Has all vanished since? If I open and am for ever in the black adiaphane. Basta! I will see if I can see. See now. There all the time without you: and ever shall be, world without end. James Joyce