How can I master the art of living when I am already dead?
Individualism is something one must own outright. It cannot be gifted to you from one person or another, nor can you steal it from someone else. That is…
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost
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How can I master the art of living when I am already dead?
Individualism is something one must own outright. It cannot be gifted to you from one person or another, nor can you steal it from someone else. That is collectivism. The art of living is to find one’s own individualism but…
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Beach Read by Emily Henry – A book review
I came across Beach Read and subsequently picked it up for a book club and although I am no stranger to the romance genre, this book would prove…
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Notes on Grief
They say time is a great healer; I now doubt this is the case. Time has only opened more wounds as time has gone on rather than soothing…
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In The Mind Of The Bipolar
“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end” – Sylvia Plath My mind lives to torment me, Sounds like a great opening to a story…
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Grief is a Stoney path everyone must walk down.
In my 22 years of life, I have been very lucky to not have lost someone of great significance to me to the gentle hands of death. However,…
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The Influence Ted Hughes Had on the World of Poetry
Ted Hughes was a 20th-century poet whose work drew deeply from the natural world, a passion fuelled by his upbringing in rural Yorkshire. Although Hughes was a respected…
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