--- title: "7 Passing World Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Passing World quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Passing World sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_fingers_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_182436.png" --- > [Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-fingers-the-tangible-and-mars/) [Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_fingers_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_182436.png) > [Give form to the passing World. Freeways are a drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-morrison/give-form-to-the-passing-world-freeways-are-a-drama/) [Jim Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/jim-morrison-1692_drama_give-form-to-the-passing-world-freeways_693725.jpg) > [“The windows give a panoramic view of an outside world that Violet is becoming the least bit interested in. Violet detaches herself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzka-collins/the-windows-give-a-panoramic-view-of-an-outside-world-that-violet-is/) [Suzka Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzka-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/suzka-collins-280861_outside-world_the-windows-give-a-panoramic-view-of-an_752478.jpg) > [“The vanity of the passing world and love are the two fundamental and heart-penetrating notes of true poetry. And they are two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-unamuno/the-vanity-of-the-passing-world-and-love-are-the-two-fundamental-and/) [Miguel de Unamuno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-unamuno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/miguel-de-unamuno-2211_love_the-vanity-of-the-passing-world-and-love_769072.jpg) > [“We may be pilgrims passing through this world, but let's not be grim-pills in the process!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-d-bardswell/we-may-be-pilgrims-passing-through-this-world-but-let-s-not-be-grim/) [Arthur D Bardswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-d-bardswell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/arthur-d-bardswell-99850_humorous-quotes_we-may-be-pilgrims-passing-through-this_927100.jpg) > [“For believers, there is much more to existence than simply passing out of one world and into another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-harden/for-believers-there-is-much-more-to-existence-than-simply-passing-out/) [Van Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-harden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/van-harden-24351_believers_for-believers-there-is-much-more-to-exis_2255907.jpg) > [Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable and finally has come to look and not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-fingers-the-tangible-and-mars-2/) [Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/marilynne-robinson-602_apples_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_2312437.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/passing-world/#itemlist", "name": "Passing World Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marilynne Robinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-fingers-the-tangible-and-mars/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_fingers_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_182436.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_fingers_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_182436.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/marilynne-robinson-602_fingers_every-spirit-passing-through-the-world-f_182436.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to…” — Marilynne Robinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give form to the passing World. 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