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The Cats of Copenhagen: Delightful Recently Discovered Children’s Story by James Joyce

A charming, irreverent picture-book based on Joyce’s letters to his only grandson.

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Hello Goodbye Hello: Rudyard Kipling Meets Mark Twain Meets Helen Keller

“His voice seemed to say like the river, ‘Why hurry? Eternity is long; the ocean can wait.'”

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Book Spine Poetry: Your Turn

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Anaïs Nin on Paris vs. New York, 1939

“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.”

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Twenty Beloved New York Writers on the Magic of Central Park

“You cannot live without establishing an equilibrium between the inner and outer.”

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How a Cat Boosts Your Creativity

“… the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you.”

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What Makes a Great City: Anaïs Nin on the Poetics of New York

“Just bring your own contents, and you create a sparkle of the highest power.”

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How Alfred Hitchcock Changed One Boy’s Life

“Many times it takes such a spark as this to help a youngster out of his shell and on the road to confidence.”

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Cheating the Impossible: Wire-Walker Philippe Petit on Education, Creativity, and Patience

The art of self-correction and the value of tenacity in a world obsessed with instant results.

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Henry Miller on Reading, the Life of the Mind, and How to Fix Education

“Our whole theory of education is based on the absurd notion that we must learn to swim on land before tackling the water. It applies to the pursuit of the arts as well as to the pursuit of knowledge.”

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Search results for “the creative spark”

A charming, irreverent picture-book based on Joyce’s letters to his only grandson.

“His voice seemed to say like the river, ‘Why hurry? Eternity is long; the ocean can wait.'”

“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.”

“You cannot live without establishing an equilibrium between the inner and outer.”

“… the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you.”

“Just bring your own contents, and you create a sparkle of the highest power.”

“Many times it takes such a spark as this to help a youngster out of his shell and on the road to confidence.”

The art of self-correction and the value of tenacity in a world obsessed with instant results.

“Our whole theory of education is based on the absurd notion that we must learn to swim on land before tackling the water. It applies to the pursuit of the arts as well as to the pursuit of knowledge.”

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