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The challenge of closeness – Alain de Botton on love, vulnerability, and the paradox of avoidance https://t.co/AOlAvaIObo

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Helen Keller died 55 years ago today, leaving us her hard-earned wisdom on optimism https://t.co/juJhx1Cr4d

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“I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” Remembering Oliver Sacks, who would have been 90 today, with his beautiful wisdom on life and death https://t.co/Mf2y3T3M2K

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On this day in 1938, John Steinbeck completed his classic "The Grapes of Wrath," which won him a Pulitzer and paved the way for his Nobel. He wrote it in only 6 months (!), using his diary as a tool of self-discipline and an antidote to self-doubt https://t.co/9lSP0SFxW1

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On this day in 1862, a young mathematician by the name of Charles Dodgson dreamt up a whimsical story to entertain three little girls on a boat ride. He became Lewis Carroll and the story became Alice in Wonderland. Meet the real girl who inspired it: https://t.co/xVW3afk5U5

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Marguerite Duras, born on this day in 1914, on what makes life worth living despite the haunting fact of death https://t.co/NxSdmKQUjp

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“You may gather from my article what Ulysses has done to a supposedly balanced psychologist.” On James Joyce's birthday, Carl Jung's review of Ulysses https://t.co/XWWI3vs5sI

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Some sweetness for your weekend: A decade after "The Giving Tree," Shel Silverstein illustrated and illuminated the simple secret of true love and nurturing relationships https://t.co/M3yOAicTlb

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“Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful positive obsession blunts pain, diverts rage, and engages each of us in the greatest, the most intense of our chosen struggles.” Octavia Butler on creativity and how we become who we are https://t.co/qmssoo8hHC

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On this day in 1862, a young mathematician by the name of Charles Dodgson dreamt up a whimsical story to entertain three little girls on a boat ride. He became Lewis Carroll and the story became Alice in Wonderland. Meet the real girl who inspired it: https://t.co/FB0oCt1Djf https://t.co/jLDZFRIvKV