Best Marilynne Robinson Quotes
- If these laws [in the Bible] belonged to any other ancient culture we would approach them very differently. We need not bother to reject the… Ancient
- We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of… Attempt
- Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation. Contrary
- Fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification, Capacity
- I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music. Bach
- Over my life as a teacher, women have been too quiet. I'm quiet myself. I don't think I said three words the whole of graduate… Been
- I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The same thing influences… Based
- Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous… Antiquity
- This morning the world by moonlight seemed to be an immemorial acquaintance I had always meant to befriend. If there was ever a chance, it… Acquaintance
- Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can… Feel
- Families will not be broken. Curse and expel them, send their children wandering, drown them in floods and fires, and old women will make songs… All
- I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally. All
- Boughton says he has more ideas about heaven every day. He said, "Mainly I just think about the splendors of the world and multiply by… Day
- Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But… Any
- It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men. Best
- Any father…must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the providence of God. It seems almost a cruelty for one generation… Angel
- This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it. All
- . . . there is an absolute disjunction between our Father's love and our deserving. Absolute
- Rejoice with those who rejoice." I have found that difficult too often. I was much better at weeping with those who weep. Better
- Nothing true can be said about God from a posture of defense. Defense
- Christianity is a life, not a doctrine . . . I'm not saying never doubt or question. The Lord gave you a mind so that… Christianity
- I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it,… Beauty
- It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness but because God… Enemies
- The Lord is more constant and far more extravagant than it seems to imply. Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration.… Bring
- To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly… All
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