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Mar 5
Spend It All
Annie Dillard,
The Writing Life
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, r...
Feb 15
The Highest Justice
Joseph Conrad,
Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every...
Jan 31
Signs of Life
John Ruskin,
The Stones of Venice
Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know of life. It is the sign of life in a mort...