Danh ngôn của Marilynne Robinson (Sứ mệnh: 1)

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.
One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among certain populations.
Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair.
Over 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.