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I got excited because I was watching a video about Edith Wharton and they said that Edith Wharton hated dusk-jackets (that's what I heard). I thought - finally I've found someone who shares my antipathy. But when I replayed that part of the video, it was talking about how she hated a particular dust-jacket because of something it said.

I feel like, at this stage of my taper, time is on my side in a way. Instead of carrying a weight that just gets heavier over time, it's now getting lighter. 

Marilyn Robinson's book of essays - The Givenness of Things - includes the transcript of a conversation she had with President Obama. 

Pronuncation guide:

Donne = 'dun'

Goethe = 'ger t'

Albert Camus = 'al bear cam moo'

Basquiat = 'bas ki ar'

Guy de Maupassant = 'ghee...' the rest is as you would expect