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Michael’s favorite books

Pastoralia by George Saunders All of Us by Raymond Carver Lao Tzu by Lao Tzu The Dhammapada by Anonymous The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor Airships by Barry Hannah Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Diana Athill
“Look! Why want anything more marvellous than what is.”
― Diana Athill, Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
tags: existence, poetry, want
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