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A Fiction, Historical, Literature book. God does not need our worship. We worship to enlarge our sense of holy, so that we can feel and...
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- Pages: 325 pages
- ISBN: 9781844085491 / 0
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You never bother me, Glory. It's remarkable how much you don't bother me. Almost unprecedented. Marilynne Robinson, Home // God does not need our worship. We worship to enlarge our sense of holy, so that we can feel and know the presense of the Lord, who is with us always. He said, Love is what it amounts to, a loftier love, and pleasure in a loving presence. Marilynne Robinson, Home // You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding. Marilynne Robinson, Home //
I was not disappointed by Marilynne Robinson's third book. When one reads good literature, for instance, Cormac McCarthy, one is often struck by a turn of phrase or a passage. "How aptly and poetically written," one thinks. This happens rarely with Robinson, because her prose lead us perfectly into the characters' lives. So it is only... I love this book. I had a good, long weep after finishing it. But that's not why I love it. I've been sitting here trying to analyze exactly why I love it so much but words are failing me and you know that never happens. So here goes. Her other books are also wonderful, but this one makes me sure that Marilynne Robinson is one of the... This hit me right in the heart. The characters are so deep and finely drawn, yet never overstated, always with the subtle threads of their actions and the revealing dialogue. I grew up in similar climes, in smallish towns in the Midwest, where it all happens. Robinson treats believers with great respect; she recapitulates their quiet...
