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“I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.”
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“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
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“More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
“The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.”
― Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
― Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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Joanne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joanne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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49 friends
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17 books
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145 books
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1 book
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272 friends
1 book
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214 friends
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