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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

by Mary Roach

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Mar 27, 2026 08:51AM

“I'd like to turn on the whole world for just a moment... just for a moment. I'm greedy; I'd like to keep most of it for myself and a few others, a few of my friends... to keep that superlative high, just on the cusp of each day... so that I'd radiate sunshine.”
― Jean Stein, Edie: American Girl

tags: edie, edie-sedgwick

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“Q: What is wrong with the world?
A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

tags: humanity, materialism, problems, world

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“No matter how much I stir, my soup still sticks to the pot.”
― Donald Margulies, Dinner with Friends

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“There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.”
― Mindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

tags: humour, sleep, waking-up

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“KAREN: Come on, honey, I’m mincing garlic and you’re feeling amorous. Tell me: what am I supposed to do about this? GABE: You could try putting down the knife.”
― Donald Margulies, Dinner with Friends

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