The Book of Five Rings

“I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can't help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for...

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 ...

"100 Things We've Lost to the Internet" by Pamela Paul wasn't just a book; it was a jarring wake-up call, a mirror ref...

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

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

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"The Winter of Our Discontent" is the last novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1961. The title is derived from the ope...

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

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

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

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

5 Lessons from “ To Kill a Mockingbird “

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … Until you climb inside of his...

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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“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, h...

“You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enj...

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

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

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

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