We have demythologized prematurely, that we've actually lost the vocabulary for discussing reality at its largest scales. The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like saying poetry is the opposite of truth.
Marilynne RobinsonWe 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 RobinsonOver my life as a teacher, women have been too quiet. I'm quiet myself. I don't think I said three words the whole of graduate school.
Marilynne Robinson