Elif Batuman
Every time a meteor comes close to the earth, we all think about the end of the world — but our internal soundtrack doesn't turn off. We're also thinking about pizza or passing a slow tractor or making a turn, and for a magical instant, our lives seem to be in conversation with the stars.
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Motherhood has made me a much better person...Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous...Being a father has been, without a doubt...All wealth is the product of labor...I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot...There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves...