Barbara Kingsolver

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#dreams

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#friendship

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#forgiveness #change

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life

Listen. To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know. In perfect stillness, frankly, I've only found sorrow. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#the-poisonwood-bible #change

The changes we dread most may contain our salvation. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#change

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#kindness #life #dreams

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#bible

But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#motherhood #parenting #parenting

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#library #bible