"I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in."

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Barbara Kingsolver

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.”
“Good discipline is more than just punishing or laying down the law. It is liking children and letting them see that they are liked. It is caring enough about them to provide good, clear rules for their protection.”
“In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“I have nothing to lose. My personal casualty means nothing.”
“A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.”

Source : "Open Letter to President Wilson". Book by Ben Salmon, October 14, 1919.
“I am certainly vulnerable when I sit down with parents who have lost their children to gun violence. The emotion that they experience is so foreign to me that I find it very hard to say the right things.”
“What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? Theyâ€™re allowed to think.”
“Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.”

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