Barbara Kingsolver Quotes About Childhood

Quotes about: Childhood

• In the places that call me out, I know I'll recover my wordless childhood trust in the largeness of life and its willingness to take me in.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Childhood, Religion, Gardening

  Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Griffiths Belt (2002). “Last stand: America's virgin lands”, National Geographic

• Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Childhood, Transition, Unnoticed

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.183, Faber & Faber

• The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Blessing, Appreciate, Childhood

  "A life in writing: Barbara Kingsolver". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2010.

• Something in me was always watching life from the outside, permanently obsessed with the notion of belonging vs. not-belonging [to a group]. It did not make for a happy childhood, but it was excellent training for a writer.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Childhood, Training, Groups

  Interview with Crystal Wilkinson, appalachianheritage.net. November 20, 2014.

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