Marilynne robinson gilead quotes

“This is an interesting planet.

Marilynne robinson gilead quotes

It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Home

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

“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

“To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow.

For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly as when one longs to taste it, and when is the taste refracted into so many hues and savors of ripeness and earth, and when do our senses know a