Marilynne Robinson quote: There was no way to abandon guilt, no decent way to disown it. All the tangles and knots of bitterness ...

There was no way to abandon guilt, no decent way to disown it. All the tangles and knots of bitterness and desperation and fear had to be pitied. No, better, grace had to fall over them.

~ Marilynne Robinson ~

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