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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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Norman Mailer on the Paradoxes of Success and What True Growth Means
Norman Mailer on the Paradoxes of Success and What True Growth Means

“Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure … but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth.”

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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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Herman and Rosie: An Illustrated Ode to Finding a Sense of Purpose and Belonging in the Big City
Herman and Rosie: An Illustrated Ode to Finding a Sense of Purpose and Belonging in the Big City

Why life is like jazz on a New York City rooftop.

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