Barbara Quote by Fannie Flagg

“She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church.”

— Michael Cunningham

In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; she knew of…

— Thomas Harris

“Ellen Cherry understood then that religion was an improper response to the Divine.”

— Tom Robbins

“Ida Rhew was bending low, pulling a pan of rolls from the oven. God, sang a cracking Negro voice from the transistor radio. God…

— Donna Tartt

“And, really, if she had been given the choice- the whole choice, the good, and the bad, the pain and the glory,- she would…

— Laura McBride

“We all knew Evelyn as a woman who grabbed life with both hands," the elderly priest said, "whether she was winning ballroom dance competitions…

— Diana Dempsey

“He pointed at the pen. “What do you see?” She followed his finger. “I see a miserable cow.” “What I see is God’s amazing…

— Margaret Brownley

“What a failure her life had been. Would she have lied to God if she’d had more faith, been more righteous? How could she…

— Jill Eileen Smith

[Evelyn Waugh] made drunkenness cute and chic, and then took to religion, simply to have the most expensive carpet of all to be sick…

— Rebecca West

“I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid…

— Bill Bryson

“Barbara was not much for prayer. She prayed at church and repeated The Lord’s Prayer every morning before she began her day, but apart…

— Joyce Swann

“She began to fret about God's exact location. It was the Sunday-school teacher's fault: God is everywhere, she'd said, and Laura wanted to know:…

— Margaret Atwood