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Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto

by Anneli Rufus

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May 22, 2026 07:10PM

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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

by Ray Bradbury

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Cate Bartholomew said: " "And the word is LOVE."

That final line in the final essay of this lovely collection sums up all my many feelings about Zen in the Art of Writing. Here, Bradbury sets forth a light & refreshing philosophy of writing. The cheery, positive tone had me s ...more "

Sep 29, 2020 06:25PM · see review

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The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

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“Only the guilty are guilty. Their children are not.”
― Elie Wiesel

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“I’m having a hard time writing about Sunday. Getting the long hollow feeling of Sundays. No mail and faraway lawn mowers, the hopelessness.”
― Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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“Poor people wait a lot. Welfare, unemployment lines, laundromats, phone booths, emergency rooms, jails, etc.”
― Lucia Berlin, A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

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“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

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