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Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Ignorance is a self-generating state of mind; one of its characteristics is that it doesn't recognize itself as ignorance.

Jane Smiley
Ignorance, Self, Mind
Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.222, Anchor

Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.

Jane Smiley
Ignorance, Long, United States

If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are all the more so, since horses are more mysterious than life and harder to understand.

Jane Smiley
Horse, Ignorance, Years
Jane Smiley (2014). “A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money and Luck”, p.8, Faber & Faber

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