Barbara Kingsolver

Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#forgiveness

You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life #reading #life

I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#reflective #change

For scientists, reality is not optional. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#science #scientists #science

restraint equals indulgence ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#miracle #vegetable #equality

People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life #reading #life

Most of us are creatures so comforted by habit, it can take something on the order of religion to invoke new, more conscious behaviors--however glad we may be afterward that we went to the trouble. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#religion

‎"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. The most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#dreams

There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#grief #loss #love #death