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.

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

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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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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,...

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...

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

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

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

I miss the days when you could just push someone into a pool without worrying...

I miss the days when you could just push someone into a pool without worrying...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the...

Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the...