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“These days, you see a kid lying on his back and looking blank and you begin to wonder what’s wrong with him. There’s nothing wrong with him, except he’s thinking… He is trying to arriv…
“The seeing, spiritual being, whose manifestation we commonly call conscience, always points with one end towards right and with the other towards wrong, and we do not notice it while we foll…
“Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought.”
Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood.
Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.
“If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world.”
A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.
“I armed myself with patience and courage, and only after several months managed to dissolve my doubts and see my research crowned with happy confirmation.”
“Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”
“The emotionally intelligent person knows that they will only ever be mentally healthy in a few areas and at certain moments, but is committed to fathoming their inadequacies and warning othe…
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being…
“A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity.”
A lively new look at one of the most beloved fantasy stories of all time.