

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.

It's not surprising I've been in a nostalgic mood lately given we're at year end, but I didn't want to write a big, corny ...
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What does it mean to inspire? What does it mean to be inspired? I have an entire tag devoted to ...
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Wise words from one of Russia's greatest -- if not *the* greatest -- 19th-century playwrights
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