Avoid transgression. How's that for advice. Author: Marilynne Robinson Copy Quote More from Marilynne Robinson “Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.” “Again the starter and the engine, and after a minute or two the rattle and pop …” “And often enough, when we think we are protecting ourselves, we are struggling …” “I have spent years of my life lovingly absorbed in the thoughts and perceptions…”