A woman knows she can walk away from a pot to tend something else and the pot will go on boiling; if she couldn't, this world would end at once.
Barbara KingsolverSympathizing over the behavior of men is the baking soda of women's friendships, it seems,the thing that makes them bubble and rise.
Barbara KingsolverIt occurs to her that there is one thing about people you can never understand well enough: how entirely inside themselves they are.
Barbara KingsolverAnybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.
Barbara KingsolverYou could love your crazy people, even admire them, instead of resenting that they're not self-sufficient.
Barbara KingsolverIt's monstrous, what one person will do to another.
Barbara KingsolverI 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 KingsolverTags: inspirational reflective
It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
Barbara KingsolverTags: inspirational
Being a peacock is not the only way to hide yourself, Frida. A pigeon can hide.
Barbara KingsolverTags: the-lacuna
I had hoped for a pinch of metaphor.
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