You think you're no good, so you can't do good things. Jesus, Codi, how long are you going to keep limping around on that crutch? It's the other way around, it's what you *do* that makes you who you are.
Barbara KingsolverMorality is not a large, constructed *thing* you have or have not, but simply a capacity. Something you carry with you in your brain and in your hands.
Barbara KingsolverI've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you're a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.
Barbara KingsolverPain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
Barbara KingsolverTo live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.
Barbara KingsolverTag: philosophy
The sting of a fly, the Congolese say, can launch the end of the world. How simply things begin.
Barbara KingsolverIt is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise
Barbara KingsolverI’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.
Barbara KingsolverTag: learning
Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly.
Barbara KingsolverTag: consciousness food
In a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is make things as right as we can.
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