“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Anger Copy Share Image
“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Accountants Copy Share Image
“When I speak in Christian terms or Buddhist terms I'm simply selecting for the moment a dialect. Christian words for me represent… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Buddhism Copy Share Image
“I cleaned the shit off my pink high-tops and drove home, stopping for an espresso at the coffeehouse across from the college.… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Clothing Copy Share Image
Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Compassion Copy Share Image
Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other? — Mary Rose O'Reilley Killing Copy Share Image
“I would not say I am looking for God. Or, I am not looking for God precisely. I am not seeking the… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Agnostic Copy Share Image
“On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk… — Mary Rose O'Reilley All-saints-day Copy Share Image
“What to wear on a Minnesota farm? The older farmers I know wear brown polyester jumpsuits, like factory workers. The younger ones… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Bad news Copy Share Image
If you have a big splash of ecstasy in your life every day you are going to teach students something finer than… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Affront Copy Share Image
“I would not have majored in English and gone on to teach literature had I not been able to construct a counterargument… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Able Copy Share Image
“Whatever you eye falls on - for it will fall on what you love - will lead you to the questions of… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Answers Copy Share Image
What if we were to take seriously the possibility that our students have a rich and authoritative inner life and tried to… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Ifs Copy Share Image
“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Books Copy Share Image
But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Ability Copy Share Image
“I was only beginning to enter into the infinite subtlety of Gregorian chant. It was - and remains - the only public… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Buddhism Copy Share Image
“There is a bench in the back of my garden shaded by Virginia creeper, climbing roses, and a white pine where I… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Dark blue Copy Share Image
There must be a mirror to show the soul to itself before the soul can begin to gather its courage. — Mary Rose O'Reilley Courage Copy Share Image
“Teaching English is (as professorial jobs go) unusually labor-intensive and draining. To do it well, you have to spend a lot of… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Attachment Copy Share Image
The economy of gift, of art, is fundamentally opposed to the economy of war. — Mary Rose O'Reilley Art Copy Share Image
