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Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver föddes den 8 april 1955
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The truth needs so little rehearsal.

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

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

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.

Patriotism threatens free speech with death. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Who are we calling terrorists?

Close the door. Write with _no one_ looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view.

Because of this climate in the U.S. that political art is taboo, the writers will tell you it's not political. I've heard John Irving say he's not a political writer. There is nothing to be worried about. It's absolutely the domain of art.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.

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