“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”

Source: The Poisonwood Bible

Last update Sept. 18, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re g…" by Barbara Kingsolver?
Barbara Kingsolver photo
Barbara Kingsolver 119
American author, poet and essayist 1955

Related quotes

Richelle Mead photo
Gabrielle Zevin photo
Prem Rawat photo
Chadwick Boseman photo
Kage Baker photo

“Isn’t that a little hard on him? You’re not only making him feel bad about something he didn’t do, you’re making him feel bad about something that didn’t even shracking happen.”

“I believe churches used to call it original sin,” Rutherford agreed, looking crafty. “But what does it matter, if it serves to make him a better man?”
Source: The Life of the World to Come (2004), Chapter 5, “Another Meeting” (p. 97)

Sherrilyn Kenyon photo
Ricky Gervais photo
David Levithan photo

Related topics