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Books scattered across a table beside a vintage coffee cup and a candle stand — an introspective space where thoughts, doubts, and creative longing unfold.

One Beautiful Sentence Ruined My Week (Then My Month, Then My Year)

"It's fascinating! This big beautiful world, isn't it?" "I think it's actually you." Reading evokes many emotions. Amazement, curiosity, joy, thrill. For me, there was one more — a sense of inadequacy. And it was a particularly strange kind, because it

A cozy reading room with a large bookshelf, sofa, and a table set with coffee, a book, a tab, and some pages — a space where stories, thoughts, and life gently intertwine.

Late to the Feast, and Forever Famished

"But what exactly does it make you feel?" "Many things. Like life can feel infinite, even inside a finite frame. You know what I mean?" I embraced reading a little late. When I was very young, my mom and brother made several noble attempts to convert

A masquerade mask, coffee mug, and pen with paper on a table — a quiet metaphor for identity, perception, and the untold stories behind every face.

Character and Other Fictional Errors

"I thought he had no character." "How could he have one when you assassinated it for him?" Ages ago, I wrote a microfiction titled Casanova. It was the story of a man who deliberately taints his reputation as a womanizer, apparently for a good cause. When