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“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.”
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“The fictions were far more persuasive than the facts, and more persuasive than both was the longing to be caught up in a mass movement of solidarity, with the promise of emancipation at the end. My father’s grievances were real and well founded. But his solutions were dreams.”
― How to Be a Conservative
― How to Be a Conservative
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“Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.”
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Rita’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Rita’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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