Barbara Kingsolver Quotes About Bitterness

Quotes about: Bitterness

• Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Soul, Vices, Meals

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.106, Faber & Faber

• Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Heart, Order, Black

  Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “The Lacuna”, p.271, Faber & Faber

• Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Soul, Taste, Bitterness

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.117, Faber & Faber

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