“A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows them. A good novelist does not create events, he watches them happen and then writes down what he sees.”
― Finders Keepers
― Finders Keepers
“The greatest privilege of childhood is to live totally in the present.”
― One Night in Winter
― One Night in Winter
“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Arthur’s 2024 Year in Books
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