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“When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When were the fairy stories of the superstitious placed above criticism, beyond satire? A religion was not a race. It was an idea, and ideas stood (or fell) because they were strong enough (or too weak) to withstand criticism, not because they were shielded from it. Strong ideas welcomed dissent.”
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”
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“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
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“Human life was rarely shapely, only intermittently meaningful, its clumsiness the inevitable consequence of the victory of content over form, of what and when over how and why.”
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
― Joseph Anton: A Memoir
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