Ifs Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation.

— Marilynne Robinson

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have…

— Marilynne Robinson

If you had to summarize the Old Testament, the summary would be: stop doing this to yourselves.

— Marilynne Robinson

That's one good thing about the way life is, that no one can know you if you don't let them.

— Marilynne Robinson

I don't think I would worry about an oversaturation of information if it was indeed information. It is the slovenly, hasty traffic…

— Marilynne Robinson

And there is no living creature, though the whims of eons had put its eyes on boggling stalks and clamped it in…

— Marilynne Robinson

Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don't know their origins. I think if I did, if I seemed to…

— Marilynne Robinson

If we focused on using the opportunities we have, which are very great by any standard - health, longevity, comfort and privacy,…

— Marilynne Robinson

I am delighted if people find that kind of sustenance in novels, but perhaps it's because they don't read the Scripture that…

— Marilynne Robinson

I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being…

— Marilynne Robinson

When the Reformation became established, one of the things that was a question between Catholicism and the Reformation traditions was whether there…

— Marilynne Robinson

John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend…

— Marilynne Robinson

If you read Calvin, for example, he says, How do we know that we are godlike, in the image of God? Well,…

— Marilynne Robinson

We [Americans] inherited British law, which is like the new "reforms" that are being made now, in the sense that people are…

— Marilynne Robinson

One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among…

— Marilynne Robinson