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I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.

Barbara Kingsolver
Soul, Mind, Library
Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “High Tide in Tucson”, p.39, Faber & Faber

It's what you do that makes your soul.

Barbara Kingsolver
Dream, Soul, Rabbits

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

Barbara Kingsolver
Believe, Book, Soul
Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.11, Faber & Faber

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

He needs to go rub his soul against life.

Barbara Kingsolver
Soul, Needs
Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “The Lacuna”, p.262, 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

Those first few weeks are an unearthly season. From the outside you remain so ordinary, no one can tell from looking that you have experienced an earthquake of the soul. You've been torn asunder, invested with an ancient, incomprehensible magic. It's the one thing that we never quite get over: that we contain our own future.

Barbara Kingsolver
Earthquakes, Soul, Magic

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