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“…the mind that is collectively orientated is quite incapable of thinking and feeling in any other way than by projection.” ― C.G. Jung

Quick review: A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott

A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 3 of 5 stars It was a good book, don’t get me wrong and Alcott still managed to capture my heart with her literary wit. Is it as memorable as Little Women , or Jo’s Boys ? No. The stories in the book reminded me of…

Student of the Week

I need to have lots of dreams because I barely have time to enjoy them. -Eric

Quick Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Actual Rating 4.5 I’m still praying to gods and waiting for them to accept my sacrifice before I can make a substantial review. All I know is Shadow’s character has been developed quite well and how it ends does not justify it… or probably…

“To be quite accurate, human nature is simply what it is; it has its dark and its light sides. The sum of all colours is grey – light on a dark background or dark on light.” — C.G. Jung (Psychological Types)

“People lose a lot of time being afraid… People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there’s no fun in it at all.” ― L. Frank Baum, The Sea Fairies

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Teacher: Would you like to travel by yourself? 8-year old student: Yes but I will bring my sword.

MAY Articles

My articles in Thought Catalog (here and here) and Medium did this to me. My scanty word count (22K words) is also to blame as I am considering whether to use my time to read or to feed my Google document. The point is, I didn’t manage to read more articles than I should have…

“Human passions have mysterious ways, in children as well as grown-ups. Those affected by them can’t explain them, and those who haven’t known them have no understanding of them at all.” ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

Currently Reading: American Gods

Russ finds the series interesting and wants me to finish reading this one just like how I read the first five books of The Song of Ice and Fire. Yep, a once in a blue moon assignment from Mr J indeed. 😎