I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what w… — Quoted

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“I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.”

Barbara Kingsolver · Society

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Barbara Kingsolver

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Strength

Barbara Kingsolver

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.

Dreams

Barbara Kingsolver

Terms like that, 'Humane Society, ' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

Society

Barbara Kingsolver

There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.

History