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February 2023

“Oh, return to zero, the master said. Use what’s lying around the house. Make it simple and sad.” (~ Stephen Dunn, “Visiting the Master”)
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January 2023

“ Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately.” ( ~ Hanif Kureishi)
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“Nobody’s free without breaking open.” (~ Ocean Vuong, “Beautiful Short Loser”)
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November 2022

“Life breaks everyone.” (~Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms)
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August 2022

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.” (~ V.S. Naipaul, “In a Free State.”)
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July 2022

“Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.” ~ Elizabeth Hardwick
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“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn…
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June 2022

61% of adult Americans are in favor of abortion rights
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May 2022

“Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.” (~Gwendolyn Brooks, “Annie Allen…
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March 2022

"The sweet smell of decaying paper appeals to me no longer. It is too closely associated in my mind with paranoiac customers and dead bluebottles…
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“What does not change / is the will to change” ( ~ Charles Olson, “The Kingfishers”)
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