All Mary Doria Russell Quotes
- 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 lay… Admitting
- The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you. Any
- I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me… Acting
- Tradition was safety; change was danger. Change
- When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children.… Advice
- If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than… Answers
- The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it. Decision
- God's got a lot of explaining to do. Of course, God never explains. When life breaks your heart, you're just supposed to pick up the… All
- The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their… Answers
- Rain falls on everyone, lightning strikes some. What cannot be changed is best forgotten. God made the world, and He saw that it was good.… Best
- ...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret… Begin
- Shall I tell you why young men love war? . . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war,… Answer
- When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the preponderance… Act
- Feelings are facts. Look straight at 'em and deal with 'em. Work it through, as honestly as you can. If God is anything like a… Admit
- Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at… Bending
- I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they… Atheism
- The sparrow still falls. Fall
- Faced with the Divine, people took refuge in the banal, as though answering a cosmic multiple-choice question: If you saw a burning bush, would you… Anne
- How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking? Everyone
- Maybe that's the way to tell the dangerous men from the good ones. A dreamer of the day is dangerous when he believes that others… Believe
- Dachshunds have their own agenda and can be stubborn about seeing their plans through to completion. What Rosie lacked in consistency, she made up for… Agenda
- House-training, I must tell you, is a formality that can elude young dachshunds for some time; this is particularly true in climates that affront their… Affront
- The dachshund is a perfectly engineered dog. It is precisely long enough for a single standard stroke of the back, but you aren't paying for… Any
- No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace. Dark
- 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 blame.… Anne