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A House for My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament

by Peter J. Leithart

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Gênios da Arte: Van Gogh

by Laura García Sánchez

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“There can be no very black melancholy to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

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“The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain — although it may think it can — the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) separate

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“Walter Mitty: To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.”
― The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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“To some people, I may seem calm. But if you could peer beneath the surface, you would see that I'm like a duck--paddling, paddling, paddling.”
― Scott Stossel, My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind

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“The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.”
― William Styron, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness