Loneliness Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

11 Loneliness quotes by Marilynne Robinson

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Marilynne Robinson’s eleven concise lines examine the quiet corners of human experience. Their measured pace invites a contemplative pause.

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I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

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Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

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Somebody who had read Lila asked me, ‘Why do you write about the problem of loneliness?’ I said: ‘It’s not a problem.…

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“I am vehemently grateful that, by whatever means, I learned to assume that loneliness should be in part pleasure, sensitizing and clarifying,…

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Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness…

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“There’s a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much…

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“My reputation is largely the creature of the kindly imaginings of my flock, whom I chose not to disillusion, in part because…

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“I've shepherded a good many people through their lives, I've baptized babies by the hundred, and all that time I have felt…

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People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance…

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That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And…

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“The peculiarities of my early education are one way in which being from the West has set me apart. A man in…

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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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“Cranky old Leviticus gave us—gave Christ—not only “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” but also the rather forgotten “Thou shalt love the stranger…

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