Language Quotes by Mary Rose O'Reilley

“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be whole, as…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent the comforting…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“I cleaned the shit off my pink high-tops and drove home, stopping for an espresso at the coffeehouse across from the college. Men and…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands a spiritual…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other?

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the God I…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk among bare…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

What do you do for ecstasy?

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“What to wear on a Minnesota farm? The older farmers I know wear brown polyester jumpsuits, like factory workers. The younger ones wear jeans,…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

If you have a big splash of ecstasy in your life every day you are going to teach students something finer than "buy low/sell…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

“I would not have majored in English and gone on to teach literature had I not been able to construct a counterargument about the…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley