Jen Ostrum

“For the first time in her life she could see perfectly well how a person arrived on that flight path: needing an alternative to the present so badly, the only doorway was a high window.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“In her experience people had worries or they had tons of money, not both.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“You never knew which split second might be the zigzag bolt dividing all that went before from the everything that comes next.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior

“I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.”
― Barbara Kingsolver