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> [What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form of self-expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/what-might-once-have-been-called-whining-is-now-exalted-as-a-process/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

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## Other authors on Absorption

## More by Wendy Kaminer

> [Jargon seems to be the place where the right brain and the left brain meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/jargon-seems-to-be-the-place-where-the-right-brain-and-the-left-brain/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/as-camille-paglia-s-success-has-demonstrated-what-is-most-marketable/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't spend much time thinking about whether God exists. I don't consider that a relevant question. It's unanswerable and irrelevant to my life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-spend-much-time-thinking-about-whether-god-exists-i-don-t/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [It is the inevitable effect of religion on public policy that makes it a matter of public concern. Advocates of religiosity extol the virtues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/it-is-the-inevitable-effect-of-religion-on-public-policy-that-makes/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-only-two-states-of-being-in-the-world-of-codependency/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/we-don-t-cut-off-the-hands-of-thieves-or-castrate-rapists-why-must-we/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities as having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-see-a-direct-conflict-between-the-rights-of-individuals-and/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead of belief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-however-exceptions-to-this-reliance-on-feelings-as-evidence/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't think of myself as having a particular role. I'm lucky enough to be able to make my living essentially by expressing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-having-a-particular-role-i-m-lucky-enough/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that grazing leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-s-a-way-in-which-all-of-these-grazers-at-the-spirituality/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral legal process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-is-this-fashionable-progressive-notion-that-everything-is-so/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-press-and-the-public-like-certainty-and-affirmation-of-popular/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/faith-is-not-a-function-of-stupidity-but-a-frequent-cause-of-it/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I do what I do because I have a compulsion to hold forth. I don't spend a lot of time, if any, thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-do-what-i-do-because-i-have-a-compulsion-to-hold-forth-i-don-t/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/only-people-who-die-very-young-learn-all-they-really-need-to-know-in/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

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