Kathleen Norris Quotes

...the imagination works not so much through inspiration as through perseverance. One must slog through the false starts, spot the wrong words and hold out for the right ones, and above all, be vigilant about staying on the path of revision, no matter how uncomfortable or even painful the journey might become.

The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances.

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.

Because we are made in God's image, in fleeing from a relationship with a loving God, we are also running from being our most authentic selves.

At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our heart to, then we will know what it is we believe.

The very nature of marriage means saying yes before you know what it will cost. Though you may say the “I do” of the wedding ritual in all sincerity, it is the testing of that vow over time that makes you married.

Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.