Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
Weitere Zitate von Barbara Kingsolver
Zum Autor"Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa."
"I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath of life and rises; another god expires."
"Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky."
"The very least you can do in your life is to 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."
"...Animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people."
"How does an artist learn enough about life to fill a thimble?'Soli, I'm going to tell you. He needs to go rub his soul against life. ..."