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
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
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
I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. Its a relief to accept that not everything is under your control. – Barbara Kingsolver