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“Everything that I could see was beautiful. I cried and cried, standing there, surrounded by that beauty, even though I wasn’t standing anywhere. I could hear the sound of my own tears. Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.”
— Mieko Kawakami, Heaven
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“My anger scares me, my fear scares me, and somewhere in there is shame, too — why am I so enraged and so scared? I am afraid of going to bed and of waking up; afraid of tomorrow and of all the tomorrows after.”
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Notes on Grief
“And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”
— Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum
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Privacy: The New Class Divide
In an era defined by digital footprints and data streams, the concept of privacy has undergone a seismic shift. It’s no longer just a personal preference or a matter of keeping secrets; it has evolved into a fundamental marker of social stratification. Privacy, or the lack thereof, is becoming the new class divide, separating those who can afford to protect their information from those who…
“Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make — bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake — if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see at once how this can lead to terrible trouble. For instance, one morning you might wake up and make the assumption that your bed was in the same place that it always was, even though you would have no real evidence that this was so. But when you got out of your bed, you might discover that it had floated out to sea, and now you would be in terrible trouble all because of the incorrect assumption that you’d made. You can see that it is better not to make too many assumptions, particularly in the morning.”
— Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
“Beauty is, in some way, boring. Even if its concept changes through the ages… a beautiful object must always follow certain rules. A beautiful nose shouldn’t be longer than that or shorter than that, on the contrary, an ugly nose can be as long as the one of Pinocchio, or as big as the trunk of an elephant, or like the beak of an eagle, and so ugliness is unpredictable, and offers an infinite range of possibility. Beauty is finite, ugliness is infinite like God.”
— Umberto Eco, On Ugliness
“On the face of it, it’s paradoxical to be so cautious in life, so orderly and fastidious, while also claiming to place one’s faith in the ultimate agency of God. Why give up cigarettes if He has already written you off in a bus accident next week?”
— Lisa Halliday, Asymmetry
“Loving someone means taking the risk that they might f*ck up your nicely ordered little life.”
— Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother
Happy new year 2026 : The year for applying insight gained in 2025
As we step into 2026, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the insights we gained throughout 2025. This past year has been filled with challenges and triumphs, providing us with valuable lessons that we can carry forward into the new year. The journey of self-discovery and growth never truly ends, but each year presents an opportunity to apply what we’ve learned and strive for even greater…
Happy new year 2026 : The year for applying insight gained in 2025
As we step into 2026, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the insights we gained throughout 2025. This past year has been filled with challenges and triumphs, providing us with valuable lessons that we can carry forward into the new year. The journey of self-discovery and growth never truly ends, but each year presents an opportunity to apply what we’ve learned and strive for even greater…
“One had to know Plato personally to appreciate the love he suppressed puritanically for the music, poetry, and drama he censured in his philosophy and censored in his model communities. They moved him too deeply.”
— Joseph Heller, Picture This
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
“So then these are the events that befell. Many of them are difficult to speak of without drama, and some of them fill me with anguish, but I crave to utter them, to display them as judgments of my time and of the puniness of our duplicitous lives.”
— Abdulrazak Gurnah, By the Sea
Wellness Wednesday: Cancers: The Silent Expression of Repressed Anger
The intricate relationship between emotional health and physical well-being has been a topic of interest for decades. One of the most compelling ideas in this discussion is the notion that certain diseases, particularly cancer, may stem from unresolved emotional issues, such as repressed anger. The phrase “disease is memory written in flesh” encapsulates this idea, suggesting that our bodies may…
