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Yehuda Fogel

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“DO NOT READ THIS,” which strikes me as an invitation, if not a command, to read this.”
― Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

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“The more stuff you love the happier you will be.”
― Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

tags: delight, joy

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“I did come out with two invaluable intimations. Talking to yourself can be useful. And writing means being overheard.”
― Zadie Smith, Intimations

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“Under a brilliant moon, and unbeknownst to us, the darkened world silvers and shimmers from pink and ebony wings, a small thunder. We can’t possibly hear such an astonishing wind while we try to keep in step with our small dances on this earth. But we should try. We should try.”
― Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

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“There’s a spot over Lake Superior where migrating butterflies veer sharply. No one understood why they made such a quick turn at that specific place until a geologist finally made the connection: a mountain rose out of the water in that exact location thousands of years ago. These butterflies and their offspring can still remember a mass they’ve never seen,”
― Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

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