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Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Writer Too Honest for Comfort
Fyodor Dostoevsky didn’t just write stories—you could say he wrote autopsies of the human soul. His novels don’t entertain you from a safe distance; they pull you into moral chaos, force you to sit with uncomfortable questions, and then quietly ask, “So—who are you, really?” More than a century later, his work still feels uncomfortably modern because the conflicts he explored never went away: guilt, freedom, faith, resentment, pride, and the terrifying power of ideas.
By Fred Bradford6 days ago in BookClub
Problem-Solving Strategies For Singles Dealing With Loneliness
Loneliness is one of the problems that single people face, and the identification of its cause is the initial step to deal with the problem. The emotional loneliness accrues due to absence of deep connection whereas social loneliness comes about due to absence of social interaction. Knowledge of the kind of loneliness one goes through gives way to specific strategies.
By Grace Smith6 days ago in Humans
The Silent Wife
In the quiet suburbs of Chicago, where winter pressed its pale hands against frosted windows and the lake wind carried secrets through narrow streets, lived a woman named Hannah Rowe. The neighbors knew her as polite, composed, and distant. She baked lemon cakes for charity drives, sent handwritten thank-you notes, and waved gently from behind her white picket fence.
By Ibrahim Shah 6 days ago in Art
The Price Of Everything
In today’s world, money speaks louder than words. It opens doors, builds houses, creates opportunities, and commands attention. But sometimes, without realizing it, we allow money to rise higher than everything else — higher than love, higher than friends, higher than happiness, and even higher than self-respect.
By Active USA 6 days ago in Motivation
The Marquess of Montrose
The Marquess of Montrose. James Graham. He was a deserter. He hung a traitor. They say “whoever has the cheek to turn on a cause, it is the Marquess of Montrose, you canny trust him.” But the clan system meant you had clans fighting each other. Maybe the Marquess was simply holding up the system. For man can not be trusted. It’s true that trust in the system will deliver love. Without reform, the church will only be a forgotten institution.
By Karl McBeath6 days ago in Poets
Two Meanings
Fear stands like a giant rock in the middle of every life. No one escapes it. Some people meet it early, some later. But when it appears, it blocks the road just like a massive stone blocking a traveler’s path. At that moment, there are only two choices: Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is always yours.
By USA daily update 6 days ago in Motivation
A Story of Norbert Rillieux
In the humid, swaying cane fields of nineteenth‑century Louisiana, a quiet revolution was forming—one that would not be fought with swords or marching armies, but with science, precision, and the relentless determination of a man named Norbert Rillieux. Born in 1806 to a wealthy plantation owner and a mother of mixed descent, Rillieux grew up witnessing both privilege and the harsh realities of life on sugar estates. He learned early that the production of sugar, though profitable, was a brutal and dangerous trade. Workers spent long hours stirring boiling kettles of cane juice, risking burns, illness, and even death as they attempted to refine the precious crystals that fueled the region’s economy.
By TREYTON SCOTT6 days ago in BookClub
