“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found…
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An Illustrated Fictional Day in the Real Lives of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein
Parisian misadventures in multitasking drawn from one of history’s great loves. One September afternoon in her thirtieth year, during her…
De Profundis: Patti Smith Reads Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Letter on Suffering and Transcendence, Penned in Prison
“I have got to make everything that has happened to me good for me… There is not a single degradation…
Carl Sagan on Moving Beyond Us vs. Them,Bridging Conviction with Compassion,and Meeting Ignorance with Kindness
“In the course of looking deeply within ourselves, we may challenge notions that give comfort before the terrors of the…
Keats on the Three Layers of Reality and What Gives Meaning to Human Existence
http://ift.tt/2eMzJEy “Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.” “Reality is what we take…