Quotes from Barbara Kingsolver's books, and about them
Demon Copperhead on David Copperfield: Epigraph: "It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present." — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Demon Copperhead on Moby-Dick: “She had cherry-red hair with short, straight bangs, and a full sleeve tattoo representing the book of Moby-Dick.”
Demon Copperhead on The Catcher in the Rye: “That Holden guy held my interest … all he wants in his heart is to stand at the edge of a field catching little boys before they go over the cliff … so I made him the catcher in the tobacco.”
Demon Copperhead on Richard III: “His book had a name on it I’d heard of, Shakespeare … And if I die no soul will pity me [lines copied onto the kite; Richard III]”
Another America on Storm Warnings: ““These are the things that we have learned to do / Who live in troubled regions.” ADRIENNE RICH (section epigraph; source credited in permissions as “Storm Warnings”)”
Another America on Walking Around: ““It so happens I am sick of being a man…” from “Walking Around” by Pablo Neruda (section epigraph)”
Another America on The Eye: ““somewhere in me too is the path down to the creek gleaming in the dark…” SHARON OLDS (section epigraph; “The Eye” credited in permissions)”
Another America on Ourselves or Nothing: ““It is either the beginning or the end of the world, and the choice is ourselves or nothing.” CAROLYN FORCHÉ (section epigraph)”
The Lacuna on The Count of Monte Cristo: “exactly as Count Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo had reached through the bars to touch his bride's face”