The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.
Barbara KingsolverTags: change
It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.
Barbara KingsolverMy father wears his faith like the bronze breastplate of God's footsoldiers while our mother's is more like a good cloth coat with a secondhand fit.
Barbara KingsolverMorning always comes.
Barbara KingsolverPerhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.
Barbara KingsolverThe 2-week delay of her letters had caused me to keep a distrustful eye on Hallie, like a star so many light years away it could have exploded long ago while we still watched its false shine.
Barbara KingsolverThis story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.
Barbara KingsolverTags: food first-sentence
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
Barbara KingsolverTags: religion
If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.
Barbara KingsolverTags: art
Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.
Barbara KingsolverTags: life unfairness
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