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Quotes
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Authors
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Barbara Kingsolver
"God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much."
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Barbara Kingsolver
#Children Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Doe Quotes
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“If love is truly a verb, if help is a verb, if forgiveness is a verb, if kindness is a verb, then you can do something about it.”
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“John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.”
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“Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.”
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“A woman's work, from the time she gets up to the time she goes to bed, is as hard as a day at war, worse than a man's working day. ... To men, women's work was like the rain-bringing clouds, or the rain itself. The task involved was carried out every day as regularly as sleep. So men were happy - men in the Middle Ages, men at the time of the Revolution, and men in 1986: everything in the garden was lovely.”
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“If you're bored, you don't know the real God.”
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“I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.”
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“I’ve made some mistakes. I had to make a turnaround in my life. This is my new expression to the world and this is my comeback and this is my moment. This is my chance to say, ‘This is what God made of me and I’m still worthy.’ If I was a one hundred dollar bill, and I was all messed up, someone would clean me up and use me. I’m still worth something!”
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“God has a purpose in every life, and when the soul is completely yielded and acquiescent, He will certainly realize it. Blessed is he who has never thwarted the working of the divine ideal.”
