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identifiable, like an NBC intern whose desk was adjacent to mine. A biographical section appeared to search for pressure points. It noted what it described as “family drama,” stirred by “his sister Dylan Farrow in her accusations of rape
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“These wrinkles are nothing
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
―
These gray hairs are nothing,
This stomach which sags
with old food, these bruised
and swollen ankles,
my darkening brain,
they are nothing.
I am the same boy
my mother used to kiss.”
―
“To reclaim solitude we have to learn to experience a moment of boredom as a reason to turn inward, to defer going “elsewhere” at least some of the time.”
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
“Congratulations, the new slip said. You made it.”
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
― The Book of Form and Emptiness
“In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.”
― The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love
― The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love
“But if we don’t have experience with solitude—and this is often the case today—we start to equate loneliness and solitude. This reflects the impoverishment of our experience. If we don’t know the satisfactions of solitude, we only know the panic of loneliness.”
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
― Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Ruth’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ruth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
110 books
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110 friends
17 books
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29 friends
1 book
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51 friends
4 books
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70 friends
1 book
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361 friends
61 books
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30 friends
2 books
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30 friends
527 books
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589 friends
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