"I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves." ― Barbara Kingsolver Topic(s): Society More From Barbara Kingsolver "Terms like that, “Humane Society,” are devised with people like me in mind, who don’t care to dwell on what happens to the innocent." "The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof." "There’s always a part of your nation’s history that you haven’t been told that… has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe." More In Society "We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders."― J. William Fulbright "I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice."― Linda McCartney "I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society."― John Cameron