Silence has many advantages. When you do not speak, other people presume you to be deaf or feeble-minded and promptly make a show of their own limitations.
Barbara KingsolverDon't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
Barbara KingsolverI have my own sheep and I literally sheer the sheep and knot sweaters for friends and family from scratch.
Barbara KingsolverHe 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.
Barbara Kingsolver