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Jeanette Winterson on the Value of Art to the Human Spirit
Jeanette Winterson on the Value of Art to the Human Spirit

“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous.”

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Original Watercolors for “The Little Prince”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Original Watercolors for “The Little Prince”

“The Little Prince will shine upon children with a sidewise gleam. It will strike them in some place that is not the mind and glow there until the time comes for them to comprehend it.”

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The Psychology of Trust in Work and Love
The Psychology of Trust in Work and Love

The science of why tit-for-tat isn’t the best strategy for cooperation and why you should hear out your hunches.

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Virginia Woolf Visits Stonehenge
Virginia Woolf Visits Stonehenge

“The singular & intoxicating charm of Stonehenge … is that no one in the world can tell you anything about it.”

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