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The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brain and in your hands, wherever you go.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brain and in your hands, wherever you go.

Barbara Kingsolver
Hands, House, Brain

Our house is like an empty cigarette packet, lying around reminding you what's not in it.

Barbara Kingsolver
Lying, House, Empty
Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “The Lacuna”, p.74, Faber & Faber

Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

Barbara Kingsolver
Animal, People, House

There's such a gulf between yourself and who you were then, but people speak to that other person and it answers; it's like having a stranger as a house guest in your skin.

Barbara Kingsolver
People, House, Skins
Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “Animal Dreams: A Novel”, p.40, Harper Collins

Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a plot, it would just be a pile of bricks. Characters are your servants. They must serve your plot.

Barbara Kingsolver
Character, House, Firsts
The Writers Write Interview, writerswrite.co.za. February 10, 2015.

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