“You can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.” — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
Tag: Barbara Kingsolver
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“Everything you’re sure is right can be wrong in another place.” — Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
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“Wisdom is like frequent-flyer miles and scar tissue; if it does accumulate, that happens by accident while you’re trying to do something else.” — Barbara Kingsolver, “How to be Hopeful,” Commencement Address, Duke University (2008-05-11)
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“Looking back, I can discern a kind of gaseous exchange in which I exuded cleverness and gradually absorbed better judgment.” — Barbara Kingsolver, “How to be Hopeful,” Commencement Address, Duke University (2008-05-11)
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“What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.” — Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
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“When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that’s awfully hard not to poke.” — Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
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“I never learn anything from listening to myself.” — Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
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“Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behavior in children, and medicate it in adults?” — Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior