Barbara Kingsolver Quotes About Mistakes

Quotes about: Mistakes

• He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Father, Mistake, Believe

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.441, Faber & Faber

• But I've swallowed my pride before, that's for sure. I'm practically lined with my mistakes on the inside like a bad-wallpapered bathroom.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mistake, Pride, Bathroom

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.382, Faber & Faber

• Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when we were working the sheep one time? She said it's no good to complain about your flock, because it's the put-together of all your past choices.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mistake, Past, Sheep

  Barbara Kingsolver (2012). “Flight Behaviour”, p.308, Faber & Faber

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