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“What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thoughts; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. They would make my fortune if I could catch them; but always the rarest, those freaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach.”

Book:All trivia: Trivia, More trivia, Afterthoughts, Last words

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Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith was an English author renowned for his essays and literary criticism. His unique writing style has won the admiration of readers. more

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Book:A Tale for the Time Being

Source: A Tale for the Time Being

“I had the brilliant idea of making gyeranjjim, a steamed, savory egg custard usually served as a side dish at Korean restaurants bringing their A game. Nutritious with a mild and soothing flavor, it was one of my favorites growing up. I looked up a recipe online. I cracked four eggs into a small bowl and beat them with a fork. I searched the kitchen cabinets, found one of my mother's earthenware pots, and heated it over the stove, adding the beaten eggs, salt, and three cups of water. I put the lid on and after fifteen minutes returned to find it had come out perfectly soft and jiggly, like a pale yellow, silken tofu.”

Cooking Eggs Tofu Custard Korean Cuisine Silken

Book:Crying in H Mart

Source: Crying in H Mart

“Enlarge your windows till you get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!”

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“There are curtains in the windows of our eyes! Either we open these curtains and see the world or keep the curtains closed and see only the curtains!”