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When Hope Is Not a Promise but a Refusal

There are people who do not hope with the conviction that everything will turn out well, but with the refusal to let things become meaningless. Their hope is not loud, but discreet. One could say: it does not die — it hides.

These people have an unusual r...

A guardian who has forgotten why he stands watch.

She sat at the kitchen table, staring at the letter. It had been there for days, perhaps weeks. A thin envelope, nothing dramatic. Just a form she needed to fill out and send off. But every time she picked up the pen, something more urgent would co...