Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.
—Barbara Kingsolver in The Lacuna
—Barbara Kingsolver in The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she...
The things that go wrong often make the best memories.
—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project