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‘David,’ he said, making his lips thin, by pressing them together, ‘if I have an obstinate horse or dog to deal with, what do you think I do?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘I beat him.’
Charles Dickens • David Copperfield
Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl—as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response.
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
Paul Schmitt • Zadie Smith - Feel Free.pdf
Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
David Bayles • 3 highlights
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Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (Updated, Annotated): Eleven Biographies in One Volume
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When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
A spirit of enlightenment, joy, curiosity, wonder. A sense of kinship with the others. To me, libraries have always functioned as lighthouses – living, breathing monuments to the light of human consciousness. They are places that lost and weary souls can go to in search of relief. Public libraries are one of the things that civilization got really,... See more
My reading habit is driven by an intense longing to live well. To expand my mind, broaden my understanding of the world, enrich the act of living, and draw closer to the essence of what it means to be human. To develop a meaningful philosophy of life. To better serve others. It's a pursuit of genuine wisdom by becoming more deeply aware of the... See more