Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Quotes

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

- Barbara Kingsolver

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

- Barbara Kingsolver

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

- Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

- Barbara Kingsolver

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

- Barbara Kingsolver

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.

- Barbara Kingsolver

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other.

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other.

- Barbara Kingsolver

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

- Barbara Kingsolver

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

- Barbara Kingsolver

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