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The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer

by David A. Whitsett

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Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life

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“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
― Joan Didion, Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations

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“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”
― Zadie Smith, On Beauty

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“Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

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“I am getting incredibly high on a single, astounding fact: that it’s always sunny above the clouds. Always. That every day on earth—every day I have ever had—was secretly sunny, after all.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl

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