There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at a table. But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, howeve…

- Marilynne Robinson

I want to overhear passionate arguments about what we are and what we are doing and what we ought to do. I want to feel that art is an utterance made…

- Marilynne Robinson

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

- Marilynne Robinson

You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with.

- Marilynne Robinson

For our purposes as human beings, the mind is the center of everything.

- Marilynne Robinson

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.

- Marilynne Robinson

We experience pain and difficulty as failure instead of saying, I will pass through this, everyone I have ever admired has passed through this, music…

- Marilynne Robinson

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 sile…

- Marilynne Robinson

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

- Marilynne Robinson