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You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart; You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil; ...more
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Annie Dillard
“Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading—that is a good life.”
Annie Dillard, The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process

Annie Dillard
“The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God. The mind's sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy.”
Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

Barack Obama
“I’d met my share of highly credentialed, high-IQ morons”
Barack Obama, A Promised Land

Michelle Obama
“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
Michelle Obama, Becoming

Stephen T. Asma
“Though it may seem a remote possibility to us now, during the formation of the human brain the fear of being grabbed by sharp claws, dragged into a dark hole, and eaten alive was not an abstraction.”
Stephen T. Asma, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

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