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Marilynne Robinson Quotes about Loneliness

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I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, Being Alone, Personality

Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any.

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, Vision, Faces
Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.66, Macmillan

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, Believe, Discovery

People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, Reflection, People
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That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And then sometimes those very same people come into your study and tell you the most remarkable things. There's a lot under the surface of life, everyone knows that. A lot of malice and dread and guilt, and so much loneliness, where you wouldn't really expect to find it, either.

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, People, Guilt
Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.6, Macmillan

Somebody who had read Lila asked me, ‘Why do you write about the problem of loneliness?’ I said: ‘It’s not a problem. It’s a condition. It’s a passion of a kind. It’s not a problem. I think that people make it a problem by interpreting it that way.’ 

Marilynne Robinson
Loneliness, Passion, Writing

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