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Quotations: Part Nine

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Dave Small — 5 Comments

I’ve been sharing quotations on Facebook and then recapping on this blog. These quotations typically come from my own reading/learning/listening and therefore have significant meaning in my life (or at least to a life I aspire to). . Spend the…

Tagged with: Annie Dillard, Daniel Kahneman, Fiona Apple, Rebecca Solnit
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Quotations: Part Three

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

I’ve been sharing quotations on Facebook. These quotations typically come from my own reading/learning and therefore have significant meaning in my life (or at least to a life I aspire to). At the end of the week I’m recapping the…

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Quotations: Part Two

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

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What You See Is What You Get

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Dave Small — 2 Comments

Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek sits with just a few other books as my favorites — my Mount Rushmore of books so to speak. It’s one of those books I can pick up and start reading and simultaneously feel…

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What Do I Want?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Dave Small — Leave a comment

“ANY CULTURE TELLS YOU HOW TO LIVE your one and only life: to wit, as everyone else does.” — Annie Dillard1 “What Do I Want?” is not a conversation I could have had with myself as a child or even for…

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