32 ordspråk av Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
 Because of this climate in the U.S. that political art is taboo, the writers will tell you it's not political. I've heard John Irving say he's not a political writer. There is nothing to be worried about. It's absolutely the domain of art. |
| Close the door. Write with _no one_ looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. |
| Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view. |
| Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
| Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
| Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
| 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. |
| It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. |
| It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it. |
| It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time |
| Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. |
| Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. |
| Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. |
| Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier. |
| Patriotism threatens free speech with death. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Who are we calling terrorists? |
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