Tolstoy is always showing us the truth so that we're capable of seeing what passes before our eyes - that life is truly lived in moments of great intensity and that romantic love is only one kind of love. Despite impossible class divides, Pip manages to make the jump socially. This novel is a reflection of early Victorian England. Two of the great things about Dickens are his social awareness and the innocence of his heroes - they become observers of their own life's journey. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861) In this collection of philosophical teachings, Gurdjieff encourages us to look inward and to be present and conscious. We are in such a strange time in our evolution, where we're so busy projecting outward, through belief systems, and becoming attached to things. One of the best autobiographies I have ever read. Poitier created a character of himself, but he never forgot his origins. His life was an amazing odyssey, taking him from Cat Island in the Bahamas to America. Poitier became a major star of cinema, but this book is about roots and never forgetting who one is. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier (2000) It's why we can't ignore this: that our past will always haunt us. And because he hasn't dealt with his past, it slowly catches up with him, to his own peril. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (1886) His 2022 memoir, " Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," is now out in paperback. Screen and stage actor Brian Cox won his most recent Golden Globe Award for his starring role in the HBO drama "Succession," which concludes May 28.
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