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The Science of Our Optimism Bias and the Life-Cycle of Happiness

“To make progress, we need to be able to imagine alternative realities, and not just any old reality but a better one.”

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The Best History Books of 2012

From Mark Twain’s diary to the visual history of evolution, by way of Vonnegut, Sontag, and Klimt.

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The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

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Joseph Conrad on Writing and the Role of the Artist

“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”

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Stendhal on the Seven Stages of Romance and Why We Fall Out of Love: Timeless Wisdom from 1822

“To love is to enjoy seeing, touching, and sensing with all the senses, as closely as possible, a lovable object which loves in return.”

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Amelia Earhart on Marriage

“I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.”

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Introducing Art Pickings: A Pop-Up Gallery in Partnership with 20×200

Because as Thomas Merton wrote, “art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

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Anaïs Nin on Love, Hand-Lettered by Debbie Millman

“Anxiety is love’s greatest killer… It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you.”

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Henry Miller on Writing and Life

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

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The Daily Routines of Great Writers

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”

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Search results for “Sontag”

“To make progress, we need to be able to imagine alternative realities, and not just any old reality but a better one.”

From Mark Twain’s diary to the visual history of evolution, by way of Vonnegut, Sontag, and Klimt.

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

“Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off.”

“To love is to enjoy seeing, touching, and sensing with all the senses, as closely as possible, a lovable object which loves in return.”

“I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.”

Because as Thomas Merton wrote, “art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

“Anxiety is love’s greatest killer… It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you.”

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”

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