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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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door...Woman is the only creature in nature...I would as soon leave my son a curse...The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one...We'll always have Paris...Liberty cannot be preserved without general...
