There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it’s true, but you haven’t told anyone yet.
Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own.
Similar Quotes
I thought narcissism meant you loved yourself. Then someone told me there is a flip si... - Emily Levine
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. - Augustine of Hippo
I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines. - Oliver Goldsmith
I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion-and where it isn't, that's w... - Ram Dass
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold... - Robert Muller
Comments on: "Barbara Kingsolver Quotes: People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own."
Birth: | 8th April, 1955 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist |
Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the former Republic of Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. Kingsolver has received numerous awards, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award 2011, UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2010, for The Lacuna and the National Humanities Medal. She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2000, Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize to support literature of social change.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 22nd February
Births
- 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan
- 1962 - Steve Irwin
- 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell
- 1966 - Rachel Dratch
- 1943 - Terry Eagleton
Deaths
- 1845 - Sydney Smith
- 2004 - Paul Gruchow
- 1816 - Adam Ferguson
- 1901 - Laura Matilda Towne
- 1978 - Phyllis McGinley
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
About Quoteswave
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends