Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life. Barbara Kingsolver changecurrencyendurance Change image and share on social
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own. Barbara Kingsolver capacityempathylose Change image and share on social
What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. Barbara Kingsolver destinationdrivefact Change image and share on social
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. Barbara Kingsolver americaninstitutionlibrary Change image and share on social
Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. Barbara Kingsolver bravedeepembrace share on social
Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. Barbara Kingsolver askcreateempathy Change image and share on social
People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around. Barbara Kingsolver daydogdream Change image and share on social
