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The Unbroken Circle
Anne Briggs
“She became a market gardener and avoided all contact with the music scene. When Bert Lloyd died in 1990 she was persuaded to sing in a memorial concert. Despite coaxing from some of the brightest names in British folk music, she refuses to return to the studio.”¯ ”“Wikipedia.org
Benjamin Hoff
“Hoff has recently published an essay online denouncing the publishing industry and announcing his resignation from book-writing.”¯ ”“Wikipedia.org
“The truth is: All the great publishers are gone; only their names remain. Don”™t be fooled by the presence of those names on today”™s books and corporate bragging lists -- they are names of the dead. The spirit of independent enterprise that once animated those names -- the spirit that joined creativity, communication, and commerce to form the great publishing houses -- is no more. And America is much the worse for its loss.”¯
”“benjaminhoffauthor.com
“According to Lao-tse, the more man interfered with the natural balance produced and governed by the universal laws, the further away the harmony retreated into the distance.”¯ ”“The Tao of Pooh
JD Salinger
“On September 15, 1961, Time magazine devoted its cover to Salinger, in an article that profiled his 'life of recluse'; Time reported that the Glass family series 'is nowhere near completion”¦Salinger intends to write a Glass trilogy.' However, Salinger has only published one other story since.”¯ ”“Wikipedia.org
“It's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so ”” I don't know ”” not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and ”” sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way.”¯
”“Franny and Zooey
“People never notice anything.”¯ ”“Catcher in the Rye
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