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A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker: 1925-2025

by The New Yorker

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

by Julia Cameron

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Res said: " Let's give this another try; am unemployed and might as well make use of the time.

Books like this are a difficult balancing act for me, because I crave spiritual significance and despise magical thinking.

I'd say this book is on the right side of th ...more "

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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

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“Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects.”
― Mark Twain

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“I have reason to believe that you are consorting with a spirit in contravention of the Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft and Dealing with Evil and Wicked Spirits 1604,鈥� I said. The Witchcraft Act had actually been superseded in 1736 but I find quoting it helps break the ice on the doorstep.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection

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