‘One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world’s end somewhere, and holds fast to the days, as to fortune or fame.’ Willa Cather, …
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Book review
WHEN WE WRITE, we employ a writing style. We might not think that we do, but it is impossible not to. This is because style is inherent in the act of adding words together to form sentences, not an addition or …
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IN WRITING WAKING UP, Sam Harris’s promise is to provide a rational approach to spirituality, a seeker’s memoir, an introduction to the brain and a manual of contemplative instruction. He keeps his promise with a book that is meaningful for secular thinkers bringing, as …
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ON THE DAY OF her son’s crucifixion, for distraction ‘in the middle of all the terror and shrieking and crying out’, Mary watches a man feeding live rabbits to a bird of prey he has confined in a small cage. The bird …
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