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Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever."

A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa."

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.




Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet."

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room."

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.




Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember."

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace."

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization."

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.




Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own."

You see mother, you had no life of your own. They have no idea. One has only a life of one's own.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards."

Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next."

You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet."

There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book."

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.




Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business."

If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves."

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history."

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "A territory is only possessed for a moment in time."

A territory is only possessed for a moment in time.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother."

Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill."

The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know."

To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "That is surely childhood's end, when you look at a thing like a rabbit needing skinned and have to say: "Nobody else is going to do this."

That is surely childhood's end, when you look at a thing like a rabbit needing skinned and have to say: "Nobody else is going to do this.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Move on. Walk forward into the light."

Move on. Walk forward into the light.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed."

Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise."

Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger."

Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know."

To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "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."

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.



Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Quotes: "Love changes everything. I never suspected it would be so. Requited love, I should say ..."

Love changes everything. I never suspected it would be so. Requited love, I should say ...