meaning and purpose Is there anything to gain from reading a novel as sad as A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara? November 6, 2015October 12, 2022
Tolstoy | War and Peace Tolstoy on doing “a lot of bad things, without wishing to – simply from imitating grown-ups” September 24, 2015October 29, 2022
courage | inspiring “The universe is made of stories, not atoms”: 10 reasons to tell your story, as inspired by Bobette Buster’s Do Story September 23, 2015October 29, 2022
Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy’s favourite books from each stage of his life, or “Works which made an impression” September 21, 2015October 29, 2022
Uncategorized “All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet”: Edith Hamilton August 8, 2015October 29, 2022
meaning and purpose | nature | persevering through hardship | Tolstoy | War and Peace The power of a sunset: how Viktor Frankl & Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov are lifted from hardship by the beauty of nature July 31, 2015November 21, 2018
poetry | grief | loss Nick Cave’s chosen “sad poem of loss”: “The Widower in the Country” by Les Murray July 16, 2015September 5, 2022
poetry | relaxation Allen Ginsberg on never working again (and living a “literary and quiet city-hermit existence” instead) June 19, 2015October 29, 2022
travel | interestingness | philosophy Kierkegaard on how “if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right” June 15, 2015October 29, 2022
persevering through hardship | Tolstoy | War and Peace Tolstoy’s Pierre Bezukhov on why being knocked off course is “only the start of something new and good” May 9, 2015November 21, 2018
poetry | accepting ourselves ‘Feast on your life’: Tom Hiddleston on Derek Walcott’s “Love After Love” for accepting ourselves April 19, 2015March 7, 2023
Tolstoy | life lessons | self-improvement | War and Peace Lessons on failure from Pierre in Tolstoy’s War and Peace April 4, 2015October 16, 2023
anxiety | nature | relaxation Levin on The Joy of Retreating into Nature (Reasons to Read Anna Karenina, Part II) January 11, 2015February 15, 2022