A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension.
Marilynne RobinsonAnd often enough, when we think we are protecting ourselves, we are struggling against our rescuer.
Marilynne RobinsonThe twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that little incandescence you see in people when the charm of a thing strikes them, or the humor of it. 'The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart.' That's a fact.
Marilynne Robinson