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diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" avocation, hobby, spare-time activity, by...
And when they’ve got the next idea, they lie down on it with their whole weight and can get no farther, like a cow on a door-mat, so that you can get neither in nor out with them —William James, letter to his wife, 1896 Minds stirring like poplars in a storm —Marge Piercy ...
But first, below is a letter from Niven to her fans, sharing what led her to writeHolding Up the Universeand what their support means to her. Dear Reader, You are wanted. You are necessary. You are loved. This is the message I have been writing to readers of All the Bright Places ...