Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Pain Quotes, Truth Quotes

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a...

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a...

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you...

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you...

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on...

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to...

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...