You don't think you'll live past it and you don't really. The person you were is gone. But the half of you that's still alive wakes up one day and takes over again.
Barbara KingsolverLike kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.
Barbara KingsolverWe came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle.
Barbara KingsolverPlants do everything animals do, but slowly. They migrate, communicate, deceive, stalk their food and, with an ostentation of styles and perfumes to put the animal kingdom to shame, they make love. It's just that catching them in flagrante delicto might require time-lapse photography.
Barbara Kingsolver