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Calypso
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Nikhil Nikhil said: " Calypso is a collection of stories plucked from Sedaris's life. Sometimes, very normal ones honestly. But hearing his brain process these super normal things in his own exaggerated and hilarious ways through his inner monologue was soo entertaining. ...more "

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“A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.

Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.

In the glare of your mind, be modest.
And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling.”
Mary Oliver, The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem

Richard P. Feynman
“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
Richard P. Feynman

Rabindranath Tagore
“I have lost my dewdrop", cries the flower to the morning sky that lost all its stars”
Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

Fernando Pessoa
“Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face--there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes.

Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.

The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.”
Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Ocean Vuong
“The one good thing about national anthems is that we’re already on our feet, and therefore ready to run.”
Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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