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“Jim, our job is to protect empathy at all costs, and to live groovy lives.” www.vulture.com/article/jim-...
‘Protect Empathy at All Costs. And Live Groovy Lives.’
Jim Jarmusch on what’s paying his bills these days and the words he lives by.
www.vulture.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Jim, our job is to protect empathy at all costs, and to live groovy lives.” www.vulture.com/article/jim-...
"As everyone agrees, consciousness arises because of our human need to simulate one another." themorningnews.org/heaven-can-w...
Heaven Can Wait - The Morning News
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, advice for a lovelorn atheist who wants to know if a Christian could love him back.
themorningnews.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"As everyone agrees, consciousness arises because of our human need to simulate one another." themorningnews.org/heaven-can-w...
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"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard.”
William Zinsser, who died on this day in 2015
William Zinsser, who died on this day in 2015
May 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard.”
William Zinsser, who died on this day in 2015
William Zinsser, who died on this day in 2015
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This is what language is:
a habitable grief. A turn of speech
for the everyday and ordinary abrasion
of losses such as this
which hurts
just enough to be a scar.
And heals just enough to be a nation
– Eavan Boland, A Habitable Grief
a habitable grief. A turn of speech
for the everyday and ordinary abrasion
of losses such as this
which hurts
just enough to be a scar.
And heals just enough to be a nation
– Eavan Boland, A Habitable Grief
April 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is what language is:
a habitable grief. A turn of speech
for the everyday and ordinary abrasion
of losses such as this
which hurts
just enough to be a scar.
And heals just enough to be a nation
– Eavan Boland, A Habitable Grief
a habitable grief. A turn of speech
for the everyday and ordinary abrasion
of losses such as this
which hurts
just enough to be a scar.
And heals just enough to be a nation
– Eavan Boland, A Habitable Grief
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I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
March 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney