Barbara Kingsolver

Isn't it crazy? Rich people in the United States don't even know how to use money properly. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#money

Finally Cub said, "They don't call it global weirding." "I know. But I think that's actually the idea." Cub shook his head. "Weather is the Lord's business. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#business

She is too absorbed in the difficulties of being seventeen to want to hear the confusions of forty-four. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#youth #age

Why does a person spend money on a stamp to spout bile at a stranger? ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#money

This will be Great Mam's last spring. Her last June apples. Her last fresh roasting ears from the garden. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#death

People automatically estimate a mom's IQ at around her children's ages, maybe dividing by the number of kids, rounding up to the nearest pajama size. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#age

I almost never respect men. They're like flowers -- all show, a lot of color and lust. You pick them and throw them on the ground. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#men

Love. But the pure kind of love. I don't think that comes very often. Most of us are ordinary. If we do anything great, it's only so we'll be loved ourselves. Maybey just for ten minutes. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#love

For the first time in her life she could see perfectly well how a person arrived on that flight path: needing an alternative to the present so badly, the only doorway was a high window. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#greater #laws #motherhood #natural #natural laws