Marilynne Robinson: Likeness

Marilynne Robinson is American novelist and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“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
For women

“In eternity this world will be like Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

World , Universe , Singing

“Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

Love , Life , Peace , Feeling

“Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

Love

“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 Home

Source: Home

World , Hope , Fools , Thinking

“It felt very good to have him walking beside her. Good like rest and quiet, like something you could live without but you needed anyway. That you had to learn how to miss, and then you'd never stop missing it.”

Marilynne Robinson book Lila

Source: Lila

Learning

“I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

People , Heart