Said Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

11 Said quotes by Marilynne Robinson

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Robinson’s thoughtful, meditative tone shines in this eleven‑quote set, providing a brief yet profound glimpse of her philosophical outlook.

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Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense.

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I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being…

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Over my life as a teacher, women have been too quiet. I'm quiet myself. I don't think I said three words the…

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The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn't one of…

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God does not need our worship. We worship to enlarge our sense of holy, so that we can feel and know the…

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Boughton says he has more ideas about heaven every day. He said, "Mainly I just think about the splendors of the world…

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She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere." It is worth…

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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 wish I could leave you certain of the images in my mind, because they are so beautiful that I hate to…

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The idea that the universe itself is physically structured around hierarchy was sort of an integration of earlier science and theology that…

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Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be…

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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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Now that I look back, it seems to me that in all that deep darkness a miracle was preparing. So I am right to…

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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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