She knew that was not an honest prayer and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart and old fears are rising up in me so that...

She knew that was not an honest prayer and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse.
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But there is something about human beings that too often makes our love for the world look very much like hatred for it.
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She knew that was not an honest prayer and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse. Marilynne Robinson

She knew that was not an honest prayer and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse.
Marilynne Robinson