Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.


Housekeeping: A Novel (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004) - ISBN: 9781429954464

Marilynne Robinson Quotes

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable, and finally has come to look and not to buy.