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“Limitation is a good discipline because it discourages inappropriate generalization, which distracts attention from the profound, particular complexity that characterizes anything at all.”

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Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson is an American novelist known for her profound religious and moral themes. Her works often explore personal faith, social justice, and human relationships, earning her widespread acclaim. Born on November 26, 1943, Robinson's novels 'Gilead' and 'Housekeeping' have received extensive praise. more

“I don't think I would worry about an oversaturation of information if it was indeed information. It is the slovenly, hasty traffic in cliché and sensationalism and bad reasoning that bothers me. I love finding arcane primary texts on the web. The people who think to put them up are heroes of mine.”

People Ifs Thinking Worry Information Mines Hero Findings Primaries Bother Reasoning Traffic Hasty Arcane Sensationalism

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“The accessibility and effective immortality of actual information is a magnificent phenomenon, a beautiful extension of human consciousness. It is too bad people find so many ways to abuse the internet, but that's just how things are.”

People Way Humans Beautiful Consciousness Information Internet Abuse Immortality Phenomenon Magnificent Extensions Bad People Human Consciousness Accessibility

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“I think I am like most people in letting myself worry about things that didn't matter. Concepts like quotidian and humdrum prevented me for years from really absorbing the miraculous strangeness of bombing around a star on a tottering planet, of watching the world unfold in time.”

People Thinking World Years Matter Stars Worry Planets Concepts Miraculous Bombing Absorbing Strangeness Humdrum

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“I'm amazed at what I have taken for granted. How to truly take in our situation I don't know, but I wish I had started asking myself that question earlier than I did.”

Knows Wish Situation Taken Asking Granted Amazed Taken For Granted

Author:Marilynne Robinson