Thoughts on Jayber Crow and Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

Somehow, Berry makes you feel affection for all mankind, even those who aren’t likable and maybe even those who are wicked but especially for those who are foolish — which is each one of us.

“Membership” with one another is the underlying thread in them both, and these novels have given that word much more depth and richness than I had ever seen in it.