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…

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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...

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

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

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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

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...

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...

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...

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

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.

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,...

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

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

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...