Famous Marilynne Robinson Quotes
I’ve often been sorry to see a night end, even while I have loved seeing the dawn come.– Marilynne Robinson
The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art.– Marilynne Robinson
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
Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.– Marilynne Robinson
…morality is a check upon the strongest temptations.– Marilynne Robinson
You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.– Marilynne Robinson
The best things that happen I’d never have thought to pray for. In a million years. The worst things just come like the weather.– Marilynne Robinson
. . . there is an absolute disjunction between our Father’s love and our deserving.– Marilynne Robinson
Love is holy because it is like grace–the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.– Marilynne Robinson
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