I don't claim to know what it means to say that we are made in the image of God, but I profoundly and instinctively believe it and all that it implies. Marilynne Robinson claimgodimage Change image and share on social
I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The same thing influences my fiction to some degree, because, you know, my fiction is often based on history that I've read. Marilynne Robinson basecreatedegree share on social
I like to read in my own house, in any of the rooms I always mean to paint or otherwise improve and never do. Every detail is so familiar to me that it makes almost no claim on my attention. Marilynne Robinson attentionclaimdetail Change image and share on social
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. Marilynne Robinson circumstancedemandhelp Change image and share on social
Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair. Marilynne Robinson despairdirectioneducation Change image and share on social
