Quotes of Barbara Kingsolver

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Cooking is 80% confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.

- Barbara Kingsolver

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“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ You are everything I never knew I always wanted. ”

- Fools Rush In

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ As a woman, you are always empowering others and helping people out of their situations. The time has come, and the time is now, for you to take charge of your own journey. It doesn’t matter how young or how old you are. It is time for you to freefall into giving yourself a chance at love, and the first person you should fall in love with is yourself. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I’m gay: well, the fact that I’m flamboyantly gay. ”

- Ross Mathews

“ Those who complain about being constrained in their job and life should ask themselves one simple question. Are you constrained by chains or in your own mind? ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. ”

- Anonymous