Things happen. We all know this, but sometimes, we forget.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been stretched pretty thin. It was midterm season – not my favorite time of year – and I found myself clinging to what little sanity I had left by reading instead of writing. This morning, I finished Love, Again by Doris Lessing. It was interesting and I found a few themes that she also shares in Briefing for a Descent [...]

Have you often thought about what it would be like to die? How about to be somewhere beyond death with the capability to scribble down a memoir of your life? In Epitaph for A Small Winner, author Machado De Assis does just that as he introduces Braz Cubas, a man who has just died, and his stories of life, love, death, and whatever comes after it.
Winner is designed to be a satirical portrayal of [...]

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Have you ever really thought about how your palms start to sweat during a round of cards, the way something doesn’t look just right, or why you get that funny tugging feeling at the bottom of your stomach when you meet someone new?
For Malcolm Gladwell, the focus of his New York Times Best-Seller Blink is just that. Gladwell delves into the unfamiliar territory of the subconscious in context to our ability to make snap judgments [...]

When asked about what I thought was the most useful kind of tweet on Twitter, I had to reply quotations because of the fact that I find them to be so inspiring. Though these are the words of great people, they resonate differently depending on who you are and what your frame of reference may be. Quotations go beyond mere words. They are a moment in time captured through interwoven sounds and syllables that just [...]