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Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion: Norman Mailer Channels His Departed Friend, the Pioneering Psychologist Robert Lindner
Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion: Norman Mailer Channels His Departed Friend, the Pioneering Psychologist Robert Lindner

“Because of the instinct of rebellion man has never been content with the limits of his mind: it has led him to inquire its secrets of the universe, to gather and learn and manipulate the fabulous inventory of the cosmos, to seek the very mysteries of creation.”

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Mark Twain on Masturbation
Mark Twain on Masturbation

“If you must gamble away your life sexually, don’t play a Lone Hand too much.”

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Dinner with Mr. Darcy: Recipes from Jane Austen’s Novels and Letters
Dinner with Mr. Darcy: Recipes from Jane Austen’s Novels and Letters

Mr. Bingley’s white soup, Lady Middleton’s apricot marmalade, Margaret Dods’s pigeon pie, and more literary treats from Georgian England.

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Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”
Tara Brach Reads from Mary Oliver’s “Dog Songs”

The beauty of unconditional love, at its sweetest.

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Vladimir Nabokov on Writing, Reading, and the Three Qualities a Great Storyteller Must Have
Vladimir Nabokov on Writing, Reading, and the Three Qualities a Great Storyteller Must Have

“Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that prism, is the art of literature.”

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Shackleton’s Journey: A Lovely Illustrated Chronicle of History’s Most Heroic Polar Expedition
Shackleton’s Journey: A Lovely Illustrated Chronicle of History’s Most Heroic Polar Expedition

“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.”

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Life Is Like Blue Jelly: Margaret Mead Discovers the Meaning of Existence in a Dream
Life Is Like Blue Jelly: Margaret Mead Discovers the Meaning of Existence in a Dream

Revelations from the laboratory of the unconscious.

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Freud’s Life and Legacy, in a Comic
Freud’s Life and Legacy, in a Comic

“You have to listen carefully. The unconscious mind is crafty.”

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The “I” of the Beholder: What Is the Self?
The “I” of the Beholder: What Is the Self?

“The fate of the world depends on the Selves of human beings.”

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Anaïs Nin on Love and Life, Illustrated
Anaïs Nin on Love and Life, Illustrated

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

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