Marilynne Robinson Quotes.

1. "Chimerical grief — now guilt, now blame, now the thought that it could all have been otherwise. ~ Glory"
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

2. "...her father was soothed by these attentions, as if pain were an appetite for comforting of just this kind."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

3. "It seemed to her there was a peacefulness about him that came with resignation, with the extinction of that last hope, like a perfect humility undistracted by the possible, the unrealized, the yet to be determined."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

4. "In college all of them had studied the putative effects of deracination, which were angst and anomie, those dull horrors of the modern world. They had been examined on the subject, had rehearsed bleak and portentous philosophies in term papers, and they had done it with the earnest suspension of doubt that afflicts the highly educable."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

5. "Faith for her was habit and family loyalty, a reverence for the Bible which was also literary, admiration for her mother and father. And then that thrilling quiet of which she had never felt any need to speak."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

6. "Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

7. "So much had never been explained to her. They were that kind of family. Things necessary to know were passed along brother to brother, sister to sister, and this sufficient for most purposes, despite inevitable error and sensational."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

8. "There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding...If you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is a posture of grace."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

9. "She was afraid to be angry and that made her angry."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home

10. "I should leave, she told herself once or twice, to savor the thought of their surprise, their regret. What a childish idea. Then Jack would leave, no doubt, so that should would come back, as she would have to do, and her father would be plunged in sorrow of which she was directly the cause, and which would not end in this life."
- Marilynne Robinson, Home