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“If something wants to be a story, it will be.”

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This book delves into the psychological and philosophical complexities of a character's journey, examining the nature of self and the impact of personal choices. more

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Scarlett Thomas

Scarlett Thomas is a British author born in 1972. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

“Walkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities. Just as language limits what can be said, architecture limits where one can walk, but the walker invents other ways to go.”

Way Made Said Language Walks Cities Possibility Walking Limits Architecture Walkers

Author:Rebecca Solnit

“The soul is the form of the body, but not as the shape of a statue is formatio et terminatio materiae, for form does not exist apart from material. There is no whiteness without a white object. But the soul is not a form in this simple sense, and in particular, is not the shape of the material it informs. Therefore, the shape of a being does not affect the being's soul, for then something lower would inform something higher, which is impossible.”

Doe Soul Body Form Simple White Impossible Objects Particular Materials Higher Shapes Statues Whiteness

Book:Eifelheim

Source: Eifelheim

“A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.”

Audience Walking Alienation Participants Detached Lone Walkers

Book:Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Source: Wanderlust: A History of Walking

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