It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
Barbara KingsolverWhat keeps me awake at the wheel is the thrill of trying something completely new with each book. Iām not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, but as a writer I definitely choose the fast car, the impossible rock face, the free fall.
Barbara KingsolverSadness is more or less like a head cold - with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.
Barbara KingsolverWhen I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a garden that helped see us through another spring, another summer. And I inhale some kind of promise to protect my kids' hopes and good intentions we began with in this country. Freedom of speech, the protection of diversity - these are the most important ingredients of American civil life and my own survival. If I ever took them for granted, I don't know.
Barbara Kingsolver