Love is holy because it is like grace-the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Marilynne Robinson

Source

Gilead

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

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Another quote about Love

Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

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Topic
Power of love Being in love Love

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.