“ Most of them don't know what communism is, could not pick it out of a lineup. They only know what anticommunism is. The two are practically unrelated. Barbara Kingsolver
“ Life proceeds, it enrages. The untouched ones spend their luck without a thought, believing they deserve it. Barbara Kingsolver
“ Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers. Barbara Kingsolver
“ When the public nerve is aroused, the most impressive capacity of man is his skill for lying. Barbara Kingsolver