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Gilead

: A Novel

The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionNearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of t

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Marilynne Robinson (4)

“A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine. Above all, mind what you say. ‘Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is a fire’ – that’s the truth.”

— Marilynne Robinson, amazon.com

Tagged: Think Before You Speak, Anger, Destroy

“Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.”

— Marilynne Robinson, amazon.com

Tagged: Memory, Recalling the past, Experiences, Looking Back, Remembering

“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”

— Marilynne Robinson, amazon.com

Tagged: thankful, Gratitude, Problems, Challenges

“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”

— Marilynne Robinson, amazon.com

Tagged: thankful, Journey