Barbara Kingsolver Knives Quotations

What we end up calling history is a kind of knife, slicing down through time. A few people are hard enough to bend its edge. But most won't even stand close to the blade. I'm one of those. We don't bend anything.

Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.

Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.