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Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism

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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

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“How’s the book?” Khassan winced. Not the right sentence. “I’m giving up on that,” he said. “It’s not writing itself?” “History writes itself. It doesn’t need my assistance.” “But it’s your life’s work.” “Your life’s work could be scrubbing ...more

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“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
― Gene Fowler

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
― T.S. Eliot

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“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.”
― Philip K. Dick

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