"In a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is make things as right as we can."

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Source : Barbara KingSolver (1988). “The Bean Trees: A Novel”, Harpercollins

Barbara Kingsolver

#Life Quotes #World Quotes

“I want to be a childrenâ€™s heroâ€¦ Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.”
“The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.”
“Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God or by nature, the rest he has to discover for himself.”
“Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.”
“What is one man among so many men? What are so many men in such a world? Can one man think one thing and think it long? Can one man be one thing and be it long?”
“I'm a big fan of huge populations of people, so you'd think with 300 million people in the country, you don't even have to please 1% to be phenomenally successful.”
“Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?”
“Oh you who are born of the gods, easy is the descent into Hell. The door of darkness stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps, and come back out into the brightness above, that is the work, that is the labor.”

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