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Jim O’Shaughnessy and Vatsal Kaushik have distilled centuries of human insight into a collection that feels both profound and personal. In an era overwhelmed by noise, Two Thoughts serves as a quiet and profound sanctuary of timeless wisdom.
– Rob Henderson
Sunday, 12 January
Two thoughts from Jonathan Lear
“To be human is necessarily to be a vulnerable risk-taker; to be a courageous human is to be good at it.”
“Part of the imagination's job is to help us live a creative life in response to the future.”
Monday, 13 January
Two thoughts from Kwame Anthony Appiah
"In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you're playing."
"A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one."
Tuesday, 14 January
Two thoughts from Kim Stafford
"The greatest sin you can commit against your own life is to know what you want and not to act."
"The most important literature of our time is the not-yet-written."
Wednesday, 15 January
Two thoughts from Zora Neale Hurston
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."
“Once you wake up thought in a man, you can never put it to sleep again.”
Thursday, 16 January
Two thoughts from Louise Erdrich
“Things which do not grow and change are dead things.”
“What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.”
Friday, 17 January
Two thoughts from Colm Tóibín
“It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they’re on the other side of the world.”
“What is hard to understand is that our dreams matter.”
Saturday, 18 January
Two thoughts from Kiki Smith
"I'll arrange ways for things to be unpredictable."
“Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.”
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