“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.” ~Sigmund Freud PROLOGUE — “The Bookend” — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Peering over her...

“Though man loved his fellow [man], yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.” ~...

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“Okay, Professor! We’re coming down!” I heard a student shout from the second floor window, just above me, as I was entering the Hamilton...

Were his teeth missing or were they just stained? If it was the latter, they were the darkest brown imaginable. It was also difficult to...

I am up, but I am not yet awake. The sun has yet to rise; the night still lurks in the shadows. If it weren’t for the bird chirping in...