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Two Against the Ice: A Classic Arctic Survival Story and a Remarkable Account of Companionship in the Face of Adversity

by Ejnar Mikkelsen

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“And then it hits me: I've lost you. You now rank among the things I'll always regret: opportunities lost, children never had, things I might have accomplished or done far better, lovers who have come and gone.”
― Andr茅 Aciman, Enigma Variations

tags: andre-aciman, enigma-variations, loss, lost, missed-chances, regret, sad, the-one-that-got-away

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“You know that I love you quite a lot --
But sometimes... not. Sometimes not.
I don't know why.
I guess I
Just hate you sometimes,
Because sometimes I even hate myself,
And she loves you.”
― Margo T. Rose, The Words

tags: alone, friendship, hate, lonely, love, missing, sometimes-not, waiting

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“Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.”
― Max Born, My Life and My Views

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“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way to heaven. The dead are never exactly seen by the living, but many people seem acutely aware of something changed around them. They speak of a chill in the air. The mates of the deceased wake from dreams and see a figure standing at the end of their bed, or in a doorway, or boarding, phantomlike, a city bus.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

tags: after-death, afterlife, death, death-of-a-loved-one, ghosts, grief, loss, paranormal

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“If our best-educated citizens have no idea how to answer these basic questions, we will struggle to build a democracy that can solve the problems we face, whether they are what to do about climate change, the world鈥檚 poor, the problems of Australia鈥檚 Indigenous people, or the prospect of a future in which we can genetically modify our offspring. An education in the humanities is as valuable today as it was in Plato鈥檚 time.”
― Peter singer, Ethics in the Real World: 86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter

tags: critical-thinking, education, humanities

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