I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I cant imagine what kind of writer Id be if I didnt have my kids. – Barbara Kingsolver
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. Its the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone elses pain is as meaningful as your own. – Barbara Kingsolver