Tim

“The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn't one of them. Well, this world isn't one either.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Lila

“If you thought dead was just dead, then you wouldn't have to worry about any of this.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Lila

“But the law expects you to know what is master and what is slave . . . if you roll around and be a playmate to your property, and your property turns around and bites you, the law will come to you still, but it will not come with the full heart and all the deliberate speed you will need. You will have failed in your part of the bargain. You will have pointed to the line that separates you from your property and told your property that the line does not matter”
― Edward P. Jones. Jones, The Known World

“If the Lord is more gracious than any of us can begin to imagine, and I'm sure He is, then your Doll and a whole lot of people are safe, and warm, and very happy. And probably a little bit surprised. If there is no Lord, then things are just the way they look to us. Which is really much harder to accept. I mean, it doesn’t feel right. There has to be more to it all, I believe.
- Well, but that’s what you want to believe, ain’t it.
- That doesn’t mean it isn’t true.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Lila