"Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say."  --Barbara Kingsolver

"In a 2015 interview, Kingsolver emphasized her passion for helping individuals find their voices. Through listening and processing what’s going on around us — and in other communities — we'll encounter and come up with new ideas, allowing us to advance the conversation [underline/bold me]."  -- inspiringquotes.com