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Franny Choi, from “Catastrophe is Next to Godliness”

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Girl whose most frequent mistake is inaction voice: wow I keep making mistakes I better not do anything

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Anne Carson, Norma Jean Baker of Troy

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“How light the raindrop’s contents are. How gently the world touches me.”

— Wislawa Szymborska, from View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

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Kim Addonizio, from Wild Nights: New & Selected Poems; “Pareidolia”

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Elena Wuest (German, b. 1977) ‘Beyond’, 2025 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60cm

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“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.”

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Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) American novelist

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Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough? Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusions? Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude? Have I endured loneliness with grace?

Mary Oliver, from “The Gardener” in A Thousand Mornings

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Charles Howard Davis - Giverny, Harvest Moon (1880s)

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Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago (originally published in 1957)

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Those rainy early summer afternoons, kind of witchy atmosphere. Picking mushrooms, swimming in the forest pond, feeling everything, breathing, being grateful for everything green and soft, juicy tall grass and wet soil. Ah, finally.