“Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, [Strayed] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering everything from loveless marriages to abusive, drug-addicted brothers to disfiguring illnesses. The result: intimate, in-depth essays that not only took the letter writer's life into account but also Strayed's. Collected in a book, they make for riveting, emotionally charged reading (translation: be prepared to bawl) that leaves you significantly wiser for the experience. . . . Moving. . . . compassionate.” BookMovingSufferingReadingNamesResultsAdviceBrotherDrugLettersAccountsPreparedDepthIllnessIntimatePensCompassionateSugarWiserBe PreparedEssaysTranslationsWebsiteColumnsAbusiveLovelessReplyingLoveless Marriage Author:Leigh Newman
“You must on no account attempt to use the squares given in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage until you have succeeded in the Operation. More, unless you mean to perform it, and are prepared to go to any length to do so, you are a fool to have the book in your possession at all. Those squares are liable to get loose and do things on their own initiative; and you won't like it.” MeanBookUseGivenMagicFoolAccountsSacredPreparedPossessionOperationsLengthSquaresInitiativeLiable Author:Aleister Crowley
“Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.” GivingMindChildrenLittlesGodFactsSeemsChristianScienceNatureTeachRiskGiving UpHighestAccountsPreparedNotionSurrenderGods WillPeace Of MindStrongestConceptionBe PreparedAbyssEnquiryPreconceived Notions Author:Thomas Huxley
“Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.” EndsScienceDoubtAccountsMarkEmbracePreparedCertaintyPreparationMaturityOutcomesLoose Ends Author:A.C. Grayling