Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger. Barbara Kingsolver createempathyessay Change image and share on social
There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe. Barbara Kingsolver behavehistoryimpact Change image and share on social
When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist. Barbara Kingsolver artistsitwrite Change image and share on social
What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all. Barbara Kingsolver blindnessexistlose Change image and share on social
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for my first novel - that was on my answering phone message when I got back from the hospital with my first child. Barbara Kingsolver agentanswerback share on social
I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing. Barbara Kingsolver ingenuouspretend Change image and share on social
Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments. Barbara Kingsolver childcultureday Change image and share on social
The truth needs so little rehearsal. Barbara Kingsolver rehearsaltruth Change image and share on social
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent. Barbara Kingsolver caredevisedwell Change image and share on social
What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people with their own humanity. Barbara Kingsolver engageessayfiction Change image and share on social
