I’ve always loved this quote from the final act of Hamlet, and this passage was recently suggested to us by Anila Arshad-Mehmood (@akneela). In the scene, Horatio begs Hamlet to make up an excuse not to duel with Laertes, if he...
"Exit, pursued by a bear" is a stage direction from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale that is infamous for its hilarity and difficulty to stage. It's one of the best literary inside jokes (welcome to the club!) and it's a fun line...
Inspiration for our Dostoevsky illustration is from the Biographical Notes section of "The Brothers Karamazov." It's a wonderful passage that stands on its own as a poignant piece of literature. "Notes of the Life of the deceased Priest and Monk,...
"Night and Day," an excerpt, by Virginia Woolf Illustration by Evan Robertson. “I don’t care much whether I ever get to know anything—but I want to work out something in figures—something that hasn’t got to do with human beings....
SONG OF NATURE Ralph Waldo Emerson Mine are the night and morning,The pits of air, the gulf of space,The sportive sun, the gibbous moon,The innumerable days. I hide in the solar glory,I am dumb in the pealing song,I rest...
"After all I have no nationality and am not anxious to claim any. Individuality is more than nationality. 'You are you and I am I,' says Confucius.” - Sui Sin Far. Sui Sin Far was the daughter of a British...
