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Edie Windsor, Patron Saint of Modern Love
Edie Windsor, Patron Saint of Modern Love

“The more we see each other, the more we love what we see.”

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E. B. White’s Poignant and Playful Obituary for His Beloved Dog Daisy
E. B. White’s Poignant and Playful Obituary for His Beloved Dog Daisy

“She suffered from a chronic perplexity. … She died sniffing life, and enjoying it.”

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The Comic Book Universe, Distilled in Infographics
The Comic Book Universe, Distilled in Infographics

What a physical history of saying “Good Grief” has to do with superhero undergarments and the pizza toppings of the Ninja Turtles.

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10 Famous Creators’ Secret Obsessions and Little-Known Talents
10 Famous Creators’ Secret Obsessions and Little-Known Talents

Feynman’s sketches, Monroe’s poetry, Plath’s drawings, Magritte’s album art, and more.

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Darwin’s Life, Adapted in Poems by His Great-Great-Granddaughter
Darwin’s Life, Adapted in Poems by His Great-Great-Granddaughter

“He is the most transparent man I ever saw and most affectionate.”

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The Hole Book: Charmingly Illustrated Verses from 1908
The Hole Book: Charmingly Illustrated Verses from 1908

When kids with firearms were still a source of humor, not horror.

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Seamus Heaney Reads “Death of a Naturalist” and His Nobel Lecture on the Power of Poetry
Seamus Heaney Reads “Death of a Naturalist” and His Nobel Lecture on the Power of Poetry

How poetry works to “persuade that vulnerable part of our consciousness” and remind us that we are “hunters and gatherers of values.”

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How to Apologize for Standing Someone Up: A Lesson from Lewis Carroll’s Hilarious Letter
How to Apologize for Standing Someone Up: A Lesson from Lewis Carroll’s Hilarious Letter

“I am obliged to use an umbrella to keep the tears from running down on to the paper.”

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Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Love Letters to Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas
Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Love Letters to Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas

“It is a marvel that those red rose-leaf lips of yours should be made no less for the madness of music and song than for the madness of kissing.”

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Swiss Philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel on Love, Its Torments, and Its Redemptions
Swiss Philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel on Love, Its Torments, and Its Redemptions

“Do not amend by reasoning, but by example; approach feeling by feeling; do not hope to excite love except by love.”

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