I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent … - Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver

I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath of life and rises; another god expires.

Missing, Predator, Rises, Scent, Strength, Wonder

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Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me.

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It's what you do that makes your soul.

Dream, Rabbits, Soul

the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners

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Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?

Adults, Children, Medicate, People

When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a garden that helped see us through another spring, another summer. And I inhale some kind of promise to protect my kids' hopes and good intentions we began with in this country. Freedom of speech, the protection of diversity - these are the most important ingredients of American civil life and my own survival. If I ever took them for granted, I don't know.

Country, Intentions, Like, Motivational, Protection, Summer

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