Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Summers Robinsonis an American novelist and essayist best known for her novels Housekeepingand Gilead...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 November 1943
CountryUnited States of America
tears wipe faces
He will wipe the tears from all faces.' It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be required
revenge people example
John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend to the well-being of the people in general, especially the poor. Interestingly, for the interpretation of Hamlet, for example, he forbids even the thought of revenge. This is not the Calvin of myth, but when the Elizabethans read him there was no such myth, nor would there be now, if he were read.
mind whole-life whole
You have to live with your mind your whole life.
prayer writing praying
For me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers.
profound discipline attention
Limitation is a good discipline because it discourages inappropriate generalization, which distracts attention from the profound, particular complexity that characterizes anything at all.
doe fiction acknowledge
Fiction that does not acknowledge this at least tacitly is not true.
thinking encounters asking
When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So you must think, What is the Lord asking of me in this moment, in this situation?
too-much littles imagine
A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.
light turns constant
Light is constant, we just turn over in it.
levels worst advise
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.
reality poor explanation
We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small.
darkness life-is alchemy
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.
believe writing reality
I believe that reality is vastly richer than the cursory attention we usually give it permits us to understand. I like to write through a consciousness that allows me to suggest something of this richness.
hymns deals
I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.