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In the places that call me out, I know I'll recover my wordless childhood trust in the largeness of life and its willingness to take me in.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
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Annapolis
Maryland
Trust
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This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it.
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He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much of us. Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes,' he still loves to say, as often as possible. 'It's hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes.
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I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence.
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
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I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they're feeling because that's how I read the seed catalogs in January.
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There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.
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When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven
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There is something in us that loves certain disasters and the fever of this moment and surrendering to that.
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Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.
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