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Feb 5
Something Helpless
Rainer Maria Rilke,
Letters to a Young Poet
We have no reason to harbor any mistrust against our world, for it is not against us. If it has terr...
Jan 27
The Blank Canvas's Idiotic Stare
Vincent van Gogh,
Letters to Theo van Gogh
Just slap anything on when you see a blank canvas staring at you like some imbecile. You don't know ...
Jan 20
The Demon and the Windowpane
George Orwell,
Why I Write
Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your o...