Knowledge Quote by William T. Vollmann

““Plato says that as one learns to love, the image of any specific beloved can be left behind for knowledge of the Good.””

William T. Vollmann

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Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.

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“The shortest man, codenamed RIMSKY, said to me that freedom means understanding our place within the laws of history; we are more free when…

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“Do you want to know what happiness is? Happiness is the absence of unpleasant information.”

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My father hates organized religion, probably because he hates the God who killed his little girl back in 1968. I find religions variously bemusing.

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