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
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
Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who dont care to dwell on what happens to the innocent. – Barbara Kingsolver
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. – Barbara Kingsolver
Im finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. Im finding myself really angry over whats happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. Im angry about cap and trade. And Ive been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs. – Gary Johnson