Barbara Kingsolver Short Quotes

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Organization is the religion of the single parent.

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You know reviewers, they are the wind in their own sails.

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A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.

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Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.

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The gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.

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People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.

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Everything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place.

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I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.

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War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones.

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I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension.

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It's the thing you fear most that walks beside you all the time.

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No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins.

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Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

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Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular.

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Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

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If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk.

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Honk if you love Jesus, text while driving if you want to meet up.

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Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.

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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth but not its twin.

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Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

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This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market.

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Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.

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It's tough to break yourself as news to a town that already knows you.

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A meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.

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Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.

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Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

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Our best task is to move forward without insisting others slide backward.

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No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story.

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It's a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else.

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Every minute in the presence of a child takes seven minutes off your life.

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