Best quotes by Alice McDermott on Faith

Checkout quotes by Alice McDermott on Faith

• ‟ I think 'Charming Billy' ultimately is a novel about faith and what we believe in and, above all, what we choose to believe in.

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• ‟ I am not a theologian or a historian, and I feel no call to become a defender of the faith, so in my case, the search for what remains valuable focuses on language itself: Catholic prayer, ritual, the naming of things.

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• ‟ I think a misconception among many non-religious people is that anyone with a strong faith is, in all ways and at all times, blindly consistent, unwavering, unquestioning.

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• ‟ For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

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• ‟ I believe that the interior life is the same for all of us. And because they're steeped in faith, Irish-American Catholics are a people who have a language for the examined life.

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