Marilynne Robinson

When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me make demands of myself that I would not otherwise make.

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These are some quotes by American author Marilynne Robinson Novelist, who was born on November 26, 1943.

Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think.

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When I read 'Paradise Lost,' or 'Richard III,' it is clear that Milton and Shakespeare took real pleasure and satisfaction from creating these epitomes of evil.

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Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair.

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