Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller by Alec Nevala-Lee

Despair is fertile ground for (creative) destruction.

Look at That! Discover the Joy of Seeing by Sketching by Bobbie Heron

You wouldn’t use printer paper to wipe your tears.

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard

You will forget as soon as you read. You already forgot that last sentence.

The Warburgs by Ron Chernow

From his ground-floor window, he could watch municipal carts, piled high with fresh corpses, trundling by in the streets.

Chernow, Ron. The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family (p. 39). (Function). Kindle Edition.

Why Does the World Exist by Jim Holt

Science evolves one funeral at a time.