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Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of "quality" and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story of a cross-country trip on a motorcycle... read more
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“We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world.”
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“Nell teaches aspects of parenthood never understood before. If she cries or makes a mess or decides to be contrary (and these are relatively rare), it doesn't bother. There is always Chris's silence to compare it to”
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First Sentence
I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the leftgrip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning.
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- Dewey: 917.304920924
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