December 2010
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“Calvin says that God takes an aesthetic pleasure in people. There’s no reason to...”
– Marilynne Robinson
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“People are frightened of themselves. It’s like Freud saying that the best thing...”
– Marilynne Robinson
The Posture of Grace
“There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding….If you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is the posture of grace.” - Marylinne Robinson, Home (via...
“I Am A Stranger” - The Welcome Wagon
“Hazel Motes walked along down town.The black sky was underpinned with long...”
– Wise Blood
