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Marilynne Robinson Quotes

That’s one good thing about the way life is, that no one can know you if you don’t let them Picture Quote #1

The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn’t one of them. Well, this world isn’t one either Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 school Picture Quote #1

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 my fiction to some degree, because, you know, my fiction is often based on history that I’ve read Picture Quote #1

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 had passed. Strange to say, I feel a little that way about myself Picture Quote #1

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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 of all these sorrows and sit on the porch and sing them on mild evenings Picture Quote #1

I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally Picture Quote #1

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 this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any Picture Quote #1

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, taking offense at the beauty of it Picture Quote #1

It is a good thing to know what it is to be poor, and a better thing if you can do it in company Picture Quote #1

It’s not a man’s working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time Picture Quote #1

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Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery Picture Quote #1

People talk about how wonderful the world seems to children, and that’s true enough. But children think they will grow into it and understand it, and I know very well that I will not, and would not if I had a dozen lives Picture Quote #1

It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for Picture Quote #1

... if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God’s grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle Picture Quote #1

I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books Picture Quote #1

These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you’re making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice Picture Quote #1

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I think hope is the worst thing in the world. I really do. It makes a fool of you while it lasts. And then when it’s gone, it’s like there’s nothing left of you at all... except what you can’t be rid of Picture Quote #1

I can’t believe we will forget our sorrows altogether. That would mean forgetting that we had lived, humanly speaking. Sorrow seems to me to be a great part of the substance of human life Picture Quote #1

It is diversity that makes any natural system robust, and diversity that stabilizes culture against the eccentricity and arrogance that have so often called themselves reason and science Picture Quote #1

Well, but you two are dancing around in your iridescent little downpour, whooping and stomping as sane people ought to do when they encounter a thing so miraculous as water Picture Quote #1

Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak alchemy what had been mere unbeing becomes death when life is mingled with it Picture Quote #1

What an embarrassment that was, being somewhere because there was nowhere else for you to be Picture Quote #1

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I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things Picture Quote #1

Now that I look back, it seems to me that in all that deep darkness a miracle was preparing. So I am right to remember it as a blessed time, and myself as waiting in confidence, even if I had no idea what I was waiting for Picture Quote #1

... but it’s your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined Picture Quote #1

I would advise you against defensiveness on priciple. it precludes the best eventualities along with the worst. At the most basic level it expresses a lack of faith Picture Quote #1

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all Picture Quote #1

And often enough, when we think we are protecting ourselves, we are struggling against our rescuer Picture Quote #1

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That’s one good thing about the way life is, that no one can know you if you don’t let them (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn’t one of them. Well, this world isn’t one either (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 school (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 my fiction to some degree, because, you know, my fiction is often based on history that I’ve read (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 had passed. Strange to say, I feel a little that way about myself (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 of all these sorrows and sit on the porch and sing them on mild evenings (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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 this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) 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, taking offense at the beauty of it (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) It is a good thing to know what it is to be poor, and a better thing if you can do it in company (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) It’s not a man’s working hours that is important, it is how he spends his leisure time (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) People talk about how wonderful the world seems to children, and that’s true enough. But children think they will grow into it and understand it, and I know very well that I will not, and would not if I had a dozen lives (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) ... if you ever wonder what you’ve done in your life, and everyone does wonder sooner or later, you have been God’s grace to me, a miracle, something more than a miracle (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you’re making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I think hope is the worst thing in the world. I really do. It makes a fool of you while it lasts. And then when it’s gone, it’s like there’s nothing left of you at all... except what you can’t be rid of (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I can’t believe we will forget our sorrows altogether. That would mean forgetting that we had lived, humanly speaking. Sorrow seems to me to be a great part of the substance of human life (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) It is diversity that makes any natural system robust, and diversity that stabilizes culture against the eccentricity and arrogance that have so often called themselves reason and science (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) Well, but you two are dancing around in your iridescent little downpour, whooping and stomping as sane people ought to do when they encounter a thing so miraculous as water (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak alchemy what had been mere unbeing becomes death when life is mingled with it (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) What an embarrassment that was, being somewhere because there was nowhere else for you to be (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I think the attempt to defend belief can unsettle it, in fact, because there is always an inadequacy in argument about ultimate things (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) Now that I look back, it seems to me that in all that deep darkness a miracle was preparing. So I am right to remember it as a blessed time, and myself as waiting in confidence, even if I had no idea what I was waiting for (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) ... but it’s your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) I would advise you against defensiveness on priciple. it precludes the best eventualities along with the worst. At the most basic level it expresses a lack of faith (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all (Marilynne Robinson Quotes) And often enough, when we think we are protecting ourselves, we are struggling against our rescuer (Marilynne Robinson Quotes)

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