I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or less overwhelmed again and again - if not by what the books actually said, by what they suggested, what they helped me to imagine.
Marilynne RobinsonIt is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men.
Marilynne RobinsonSalvation was universally considered to be much more becoming in women than in men.
Marilynne RobinsonSometimes 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