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Marilynne Robinson

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Marilynne Robinson Quotes

Total quotes: 5

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Marilynne Robinson

Birthname

Birthday: November 26, 1943

Educated At: University Of Washington, Brown University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Essayist, Science Fiction Writer, Novelist, Writer

Total quotes: 5

“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”

— Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: A Novel

Tagged: thankful, Journey

“Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.”

— Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: A Novel

Tagged: Memory, Recalling the past, Experiences, Looking Back, Remembering

“A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. ‘Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire’ – that’s the truth.”

— Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: A Novel

Tagged: Think Before You Speak, Anger, Destroy

“Wycliffe says that if you do not object strenuously to a superior's bad behavior, you are as bad, as guilty as he is of what happens.”

— Marilynne Robinson

Tagged: Life

“You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.”

— Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping: A Novel

Tagged: Sad, Relationship, Friend, Last, Time, goodbye

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