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Almost Quotes by Marilynne Robinson
- 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…
- To think that only faultless people are worthwhile seems like an incredible exclusion of almost everything of deep value in the human saga. Sometimes I…
- You see how it is godlike to love the being of someone. Your existence is a delight to us. I hope you never have to…
- When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of…
- I like to read in my own house, in any of the rooms I always mean to paint or otherwise improve and never do. Every…
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- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
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- The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — Mary Astell
- I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears. — Dave Attell
- Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will… — Chinua Achebe
- Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day. — John James Audubon
- To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen… — Jane Austen
- Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost… — Paul Auster