Of the two hundred bones in the human body, more than a quarter are in the foot. It is a more complicated instrument than an automobile transmission, and it is treated with far less consideration.
Barbara KingsolverWe're surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that.
Barbara KingsolverThe friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.
Barbara KingsolverEmpathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
Barbara KingsolverAmericans who read and think are patriots of the first order. The kind who know enough to roll their eyes whenever anyone tries to claim sole custody of the flag and weild it as a blunt instrument. There are as many ways to love America as there are Americans, and our country needs us all.
Barbara Kingsolver