“Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.”
More from Marilynne Robinson
“You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time.”
“A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would…”
“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long,…”
“My mind, with all its deficiencies, has certainly kept me interested.”