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Novak Djokovic, I Was Wrong About You nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opi… via New York Times Opinion 👏🏽

«because… even if you are gone, the warmth you left behind isn’t. Because I’ll carry the pieces of you in me forever. Because I got the privilege of loving you and you got the privilege of loving me.…»

«because to be loved by me is to be loved forever. Even if is from afar. Even if is a soft remembering. And I know it’s easier to remember the ending than the middle, it’s easier to sit with the ache than with the gratitude but I don’t want to forget the good they gave me …»

«how could I throw that away? And, you know, just because it didn’t last, it doesn’t mean it didn’t matter. And just because I am not with them anymore doesn’t mean I stopped loving them…»

«…If I loved you at one point in time, I’ll love you forever. Not in the still•want•you•back kind of way but in the way where i’ll always turn the volume to a certain number because it was their favorite number. You changed me in quiet and permanent ways, so…»

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What are books to you? This comic inspired my recent Get Caught Reading poster for The Children's Book Council. It's based on a famous essay by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop called "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors."

Join me this Tuesday for a virtual workshop on Making Poetry Comics from Nature!

Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date nytimes.com/interactive/20… via The New York Times

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Living with purpose may protect your brain from dementia | sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…

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You're not depressed, you just lost your quest.

Here's a comic from my latest book, Thinking About Thinking: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings, published by ABRAMS ComicArts

The plum you're going to eat next summer.

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