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Optimism comes easy to children who are surrounded by caring people and protected from sad stories. But this whole planet is groaning under the weight of its sad stories, and any assessment of the world that doesn’t take them into account isn’t a true one.

That is no country for old men. The youngIn one another's arms, birds in the trees,—Those dying generations—at their song,The salmon-falls, the mac...

It’s become a byword, the Russian tradition of suffering. Apparently everyone knows that misery permeates the works of the great writers and merits...

I'm so happy today to be able to share a story of my own with all of you. Sam Smith of Story Warren graciously invited me to write something for c...

December was a bit of a rough and overbooked month, and the days that came after were so full of catching up, and so things have been mostly quiet ...

Sometimes a story smacks you squarely in the face with precisely the thing you need. So it was for me with Nicholas Nickleby last month, which I re...

Imagination is the power of image-creation. It is a living fire in the mind, for we are image-using creatures. Indeed, all our dealings and deliber...

Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversation, 19th century Irish author Oscar Wilde was one of the best-known personaliti...

In eternity this world will be Troy, I believe, and all that has passed here will be the epic of the universe, the ballad they sing in the streets...

My little sister has been on an L.M. Montgomery kick and a couple of nights ago she came into my room in a suppliant posture, begging me to watch A...

My little brother has finally come of a suitable age to be introduced into the great and exciting story of The Lord of the Rings, which is a thing ...

Yesterday was the seventh time that my house has welcomed the New Year with the sounds of the battle at the gates of Minas Tirith thundering in th...