How is it right to slip free of an old skin and walk away from the scene of the crime? We came, we saw, we took away and we left behind, we must be allowed our anguish and our regrets.
Barbara KingsolverAll of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out.
Barbara KingsolverDoes a man become a revolutionary out of the belief he's entitled to joy rather than submission?
Barbara KingsolverI can think of no honorable answer. Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? There is nothing about the United States I can really explain to this child of another world.
Barbara Kingsolver