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
The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. – 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 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