What You Get Is No Tomorrow
On ambition and quiet. Your Sunday recovery rundown.
“The truth is harmful only to evildoers—those who do good love the truth.” — Tolstoy
I’m gonna try bulletpointing.
Poetry this week is from Du Fu, Du Fu (or Tu Fu). I got turned on to it, thanks to Brian Phillips, a writer for The Ringer who wrote one of my favorite essay collections, “Impossible Owls.” And because I wanted to maybe someday write like him…
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