15 discoveries later
Which one keeps calling?
Choose a stream to follow and continue in Read, or shuffle the shelves for another flight.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
A single fortunate turn propelled him from bondage into a life of public struggle and leadership.
John ChuaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
She treated the meanest slave as a human—so his learned crouching servility suddenly felt wrong.
John ChuaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Turn sympathy into law—make New England a refuge loud enough to reach the Carolinas and save the hunted slave.
John ChuaThe Enchiridion
They'll laugh when you turn to philosophy—will you quit to avoid being mocked or persist and earn respect?
EpictetusAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Queen hurls an inkstand at the Lizard, while Bill scrabbles to write with the ink that trickles down his face.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
‘If there’s no meaning, we needn’t look’—then he contradicts himself and insists he sees meaning after all, turning thought into farce.
Lewis CarrollThe Enchiridion
Stop blaming the gods for what lies outside your power—what do you actually control?
EpictetusAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
She’s only ten inches high and frets she might shrink away like a blown-out candle—what would she become then?
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
Beautiful Soup, so rich and green—an extravagant little ode that turns appetite into hymn and makes the ordinary sing.
Lewis CarrollThe Enchiridion
Every problem has two handles—can you seize the one that makes it bearable?
EpictetusAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
She’s musing which children would make fine pigs when the Cheshire Cat materializes on a bough a few yards off.
Lewis CarrollThe Enchiridion
Playing a role larger than you can bear is self-betrayal—what are you pretending to be?
EpictetusThe strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A sealed packet from a dead friend sits in the safe marked 'not to be opened'—should duty keep it closed, or will curiosity force the seal?
Robert Louis StevensonThe strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
No other door, windows always shut yet clean, a smoking chimney—what kind of life can hide behind a house that seems not to belong?
Robert Louis StevensonThe strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A simple request to see the other's face turns ordinary politeness into an urgent demand—what secret might a single look expose?
Robert Louis Stevenson