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“When I started feeling the drag of winter, I began to treat myself like a favoured child: with kindness and love. I assumed my needs were reasonable and that my feelings were signals of something important. I kept myself well fed and made sure I was getting enough sleep. I took myself for walks in the fresh air and spent time doing things that soothed me. I asked myself: What is this winter all about? I asked myself: What change is coming?”
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
― Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

“The irony at the base of this situation is that the gospel of the free market is just as ideological as those of communism and fascism.”
― Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938
― Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938

“Anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.”
― Saga, Volume 6
― Saga, Volume 6

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.”
― Mansfield Park
― Mansfield Park

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