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As a child, I had a dream that returned with such persistence that I can still feel the itch of it today. It was not something I dreamt in my sleep, at least not as far as I can remember. More like read more..

A Small Relief There is a moment I know all too well. Someone says something obviously stupid. A person from whom I expected more disappoints me. Some service, institution or machine I have relied read more..

The Pleasure of Seeing Others Brought Down “If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing them in others,” La Rochefoucauld writes in one of his maxims. As so often with him, read more..