Inspirational Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

13 Inspirational quotes by Marilynne Robinson

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Marilynne Robinson offers a quiet, literary spark with these 13 reflections. Though brief, each line carries her signature contemplative tone, making it a solid starter for anyone seeking literary encouragement.

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“It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.”

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Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me

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For me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers.

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You have to live with your mind your whole life.

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Fiction that does not acknowledge this at least tacitly is not true.

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Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

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You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with.

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“How I wish you could have known me in my strength.”

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

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Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and…

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“I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be…

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“from HOUSEKEEPING, by Marilynne Robinson: There is remembrance, and communion, altogether human and unhallowed. For families will not be broken. Curse and…

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We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small.

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I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.

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“Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read.”

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“Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And…

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“Prayer is a discipline in truthfulness, in honesty.”

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“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.’ There are pleasures to be found where you…

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I sometimes am discouraged by what seems to be a sort of conventional disparagement of humankind. I think often people feel that they are…

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“My grandfather once told her if you couldn't read with cold feet, there wouldn't be a literate soul in the state of Maine.”

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