“The world is filled with unreasonable hate. What's wrong with unreasonable love?” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Who doesn't love a makeover? Even my husband watches 'What Not To Wear.' — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The characters I'm most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You don't see them regularly… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own.… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Then he smiled into her eyes and asked, in the dry academic tones of an astronomer discussing a theoretical point with a… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“You know what’s the most terrifying thing about admitting that you’re in love?...You put yourself in harm’s way and you lay down… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“He felt as though he were a prism, gathering up God’s love like white light and scattering it in all directions, and… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You are just naked. You put yourself in harm's… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Later that summer, as rain fell, such a moment shimmered and paused on the brink, and then began the ancient dance of… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“She was held in the tension just before movement, about to walk back toward the house. Later she would think, If I… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“There are times...when we are in the midst of life-moments of confrontation with birth or death, or moments of beauty when nature… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“we all make vows, Jimmy. And there is something very beautiful and touching and noble about wanting good impulses to be permanent… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“The household was densely populated by a lively gang of children, homemade and Fostered, mix thoroughly and well.” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“As many as thirty or as few as ten years later, lying exhausted and still, eyes open in the dark long after the three… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Like so many Boomers, I saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. I'm not… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I was hungry… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Stability and order have always been paid for with captivity and blood. (76)” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
See that's where it falls apart for me!" Anne cried. "What sticks in my throat is that God gets the credit but never the… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Ah, Sofia, darlin'! On my best days, I believe in Him with all my heart." "And on your worst days?" she had asked that… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
![“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me to drink, I was a stanger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and you cared for me, imprisoned and you came to me.'"…” quote by Mary Doria Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0f/mary-doria-russell-3319_break-your-heart_john-watched-the-flames-for-a-while-i-wo_172417.jpg)
