“"There is no God, and Mary is his mother." Often, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to Santayana himself. More plausibly attributed to Robert Lowell, as a sardonic description of Santayana's philosophy.”

—  George Santayana

Paul Mariani, "Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell" (1994), p. 159
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