The Mutual Cultivation of Self and Things

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

Apr 30, 2025

“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...

5 Lessons from “ To Kill a Mockingbird “

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

“I could not live in any of the worlds offered to me — the world of my parents, the world of war, the world of politic...

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

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,

Apr 30, 2025

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

“I know you’re still young, but I want you to understand and learn this now…. Marriage can wait, education cannot. Y...

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

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

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

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

Apr 30, 2025

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 ...

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

How William Shakespeare became so great?

Apr 30, 2025

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

Apr 30, 2025

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

Apr 30, 2025

Break Up with Your Phone and Fall in Love with Books Again! Apr 30, 2025

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