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Favorite Books of 2023
Favorite Books of 2023

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A Tender Illustrated Celebration of the Many Languages of Love
A Tender Illustrated Celebration of the Many Languages of Love

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To Be a Person: Jane Hirshfield’s Playful and Poignant Poem About Bearing Our Human Condition
To Be a Person: Jane Hirshfield’s Playful and Poignant Poem About Bearing Our Human Condition

“To be a person may be possible then, after all.”

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Milan Kundera on Animal Rights and What True Human Goodness Really Means
Milan Kundera on Animal Rights and What True Human Goodness Really Means

“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind’s true moral test, its fundamental test… consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals.”

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: An Uncommon Meditation on Presence and the Aperture of Wonder
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: An Uncommon Meditation on Presence and the Aperture of Wonder

“Survival often depends on a specific focus: a relationship, a belief, or a hope balanced on the edge of possibility.”

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Wonder Beyond Why: The Majesty and Mystery of the Birds-of-Paradise
Wonder Beyond Why: The Majesty and Mystery of the Birds-of-Paradise

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About War
About War

“Outsiders who are not themselves immersed in pain should make an effort to empathize with all suffering humans, rather than lazily seeing only part of the terrible reality. It is the job of outsiders to help maintain a space for peace.”

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From Heisenberg to Borges, How Human Nature Lenses the Nature of Reality
From Heisenberg to Borges, How Human Nature Lenses the Nature of Reality

“What we are striving for lies inside us; we find ourselves in the world and the world in ourselves.”

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Octavia Butler’s Advice on Writing
Octavia Butler’s Advice on Writing

“No matter how tired you get, no matter how you feel like you can’t possibly do this, somehow you do.”

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The Moon and the Yew Tree: Patti Smith Reads Sylvia Plath’s Haunting Portrait of Depression
The Moon and the Yew Tree: Patti Smith Reads Sylvia Plath’s Haunting Portrait of Depression

“This is the light of the mind, cold and planetary.”

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