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“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.”
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“A person with a melancholy temperament had been fated with both an awful burden and what Byron called “a fearful gift.” The burden was a sadness and despair that could tip into a state of disease. But the gift was a capacity for depth, wisdom—even genius. In”
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
― Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.”
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“Love isn't an act, it's a whole life.”
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Skylar’s 2024 Year in Books
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