It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. Barbara Kingsolver growguesskill Change image and share on social
I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me. Barbara Kingsolver awaredependgrow Change image and share on social
Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it. Barbara Kingsolver airplaneenginegood Change image and share on social
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved. Barbara Kingsolver armbehalfcrosse Change image and share on social
Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger. Barbara Kingsolver createempathyessay Change image and share on social
I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render. Barbara Kingsolver controleyehave 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
