Quote by Barbara Kingsolver
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, wh

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves. – Barbara Kingsolver

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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

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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

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Ive always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render. – Barbara Kingsolver

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I did it to myself. It wasnt society… it wasnt a pusher, it wasnt being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. – Ray Charles

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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism. – King Abdullah II

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Traditional Albanian society was based on a clan system and was further divided into brotherhoods and bajraks. The bajrak system identified a local leader, called a bajrakar, who could be counted on to provide a certain number of men for military duty. – Sebastian Junger

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