The Art of Laziness

At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a gir...

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I didn’t run away—not exactly. I left a note on the kitchen counter that said, “Gone to find something real. Don’t...

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a

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Shakespeare made frequent and effective use of malapropisms—the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing ...

At six years old, little Beverly was placed on academic probation after first grade.

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"A Night Has a Thousand Eyes and Other Poems" is a collection of poetry by Francis William Bourdillon, a British poet wh...

“Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and bu...

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Here are 12 Lessons from Khaled Hosseini's book "The Kite Runner":

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apa...

For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, ...

5 Lessons from “ To Kill a Mockingbird “

“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else."

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“One thing's for certain, our children are not a distraction from what is most important in life and they ask us in so ...

The poem Let Me Go by Christina Rossetti is a short but powerful piece that expresses acceptance of death and encourages l...