Barbara Kingsolver Quotes about Morning

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Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll.

Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

Barbara Kingsolver

Morning, Children, Food

Morning always comes.

Barbara Kingsolver

Morning

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.

Barbara Kingsolver

Morning, Stupid, Car

It is completely usual for me to get up in the morning, take a look around, and laugh out loud.

Barbara Kingsolver

Morning, Laughing, Usual

Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never”, p.19, Harper Collins

My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head.

Barbara Kingsolver

Morning, Trying, Needs

"Barbara Kingsolver: How I Write". Interview with Noah Charney, www.thedailybeast.com. December 5, 2012.