Charles Dickens

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If the line between good and evil cuts through the human heart there’s gotta be some overlap. The lovely mesh seems so far to last

Chapter Nine of Peace Like a River — the best novel of the first quarter century of the millennia and yes, I know there are

Did not know this until just now but a few weeks ago was World Tuberculosis Day, which honors the date the TB bacterium was discovered

Silence is the real. Words lie on top. + To be alone with the Alone He drapes himself in silence Art, too, is the fruit

The porch steps were slick with rain this morning, and I realized I knew people whose first reaction to someone slipping on them would not

One New Year’s Eve I was in Big Bear with friends. I was in college and we’d been coming up the mountain for a few

The one thing I know about The Dark Knight Rises is that it’s the most boring action movie I’ve seen in years, and yes, I

Dear All of You, Please stop that. Yours sincerely, The Rest of Us

If the line between good and evil cuts through the human heart there’s gotta be some overlap. The lovely mesh seems so far to last

Chapter Nine of Peace Like a River — the best novel of the first quarter century of the millennia and yes, I know there are

Did not know this until just now but a few weeks ago was World Tuberculosis Day, which honors the date the TB bacterium was discovered

Silence is the real. Words lie on top. + To be alone with the Alone He drapes himself in silence Art, too, is the fruit