At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
Barbara KingsolverThat's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story.
Barbara KingsolverI personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.
Barbara KingsolverIf the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.
Barbara Kingsolver...trust in Creation which is made fresh daily and doesnโt suffer in translation. This God does not work in especially mysterious ways. The sun here rises and sets at six exactly. A caterpillar becomes a butterfly. A bird raises its brood in the forest and a greenheart tree will only grow from a greenheart seed. He brings drought sometimes followed by torrential rains and if these things arenโt always what I had in mind, they arenโt my punishment either. Theyโre rewards, letโs say for the patience of a seed.
Barbara Kingsolver