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"We have opted for petty determinisms - childhood trauma, genetic inheritance, social conditioning, etc. - that have made us comparatively passive. We seem to prefer to find excuses - which are really nothing more than the embrace of determinism, a sort of Stockholm syndrome relative to whatever we can claim as limitation. I am fascinated by the more enabling self-understanding. It has helped me to find my way out of the cloying comforts that are offered by prevalent psychological models."

- Marilynne Robinson,
www.commonwealmagazine.org, added Oct 23, 2017

Marilynne Robinson

  • Born: November 26, 1943
  • Occupation: Novelist
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