Most people ask questions just waiting for their turn to talk.
Reacher? He listens. That’s why he’s always three steps ahead.

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http://wornoutspines.com/2026/06/02/answers-tell-the-story/

She granted herself the freedom to return to the comfort zone she desired.

A pull quote from Calling Out the Shadows, chapter 12. By Neal Winsomer.

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Alberto Manguel writes in A History of Reading, “Throughout the South, it was common for plantation owners to hang any slave who tried to teach the others how to spell… The slave-owners (like dictators, tyrants, absolute monarchs and other illicit holders of power) were strong believers in the power of the written word. They knew, far better than some readers, that reading is a strength that requires barely a few first words to become overwhelming. Someone able to read one sentence is able to read all… For all these reasons, reading had to be forbidden… An illiterate crowd is easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.”
— Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo

Some advice is practical.
Some are just… funny 😅

My #QuoteOfTheWeek had me laughing more than expected.

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http://wornoutspines.com/2026/04/28/perspective-with-a-twist/

"Well, we all see things with different eyes, and it gets you nowhere hoping that even one in a thousand will see things your way."

Aus 'A Month in the Country' von J. L. Carr

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