Most of them don't know what communism is, could not pick it out of a lineup. They only know what anticommunism is. The two are practically unrelated.
Barbara KingsolverTags: barbara-kingsolver communism mccarthyism the-lacuna anticommunism dies-committee
Life proceeds, it enrages. The untouched ones spend their luck without a thought, believing they deserve it.
Barbara KingsolverTags: barbara-kingsolver luck the-lacuna lucky-people
Natalya hugged him hard, already torn with remorse over the forces that govern this family. “No, Seva, you won't be allowed to capture it,” she said.
“Your grandfather believes in freedom.
No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.
Barbara KingsolverTags: africa
That would be Axelroot all over, to turn up with an extra wife or two claiming that's how they do it here. Maybe he's been in Africa so long he's forgotten that we Christians have our own system of marriage, and it's called Monotony.
Barbara KingsolverTags: africa marriage monogamy
A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill.
Barbara KingsolverThe death of something living is the price of our own survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.
Barbara KingsolverEverything you're sure is right can be wrong in another place.
Barbara KingsolverMisunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.
Barbara KingsolverTags: philosophy
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