11 beautiful quotes by Barbara Kingsolver. Click any quote to view, download and share it as an image.
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Barbara Kingsolver
“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hop...
“God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.”
“There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyo...
“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re g...
“What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.”
“I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand...
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
“I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with ...
“If we can't, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread.”
“Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You...
“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.”
