- Marilynne Robinson
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Faith always sounds like an act of will. Frankly, I don’t know what faith in God means. For me, the experience is much more a sense of God. Nothing could be more miraculous than the fact that we have a consciousness that makes the world intelligible to us and are moved by what is beautiful.
Paris Review Fall 2008
If she is a believer, what argument could I possibly raise against at least giving it a try?