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Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

“Alone”, Edgar Allan Poe – read by Basil Rathbone

“Alone” By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring—…

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Posted on February 21, 2019

You are not alone: the word “sonder”

I recently came across the word “sonder” Coined in 2012 by John Koenig, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that…

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