Extracts

For generations, my family has made its living cutting down forests. Our survival has depended on this humble trade.

The first time I saw him, I pitied him terribly.

Happenstance had me born on 30 September 1946 – the very day of the judgment at Nuremberg

You have arrived for a better life at the New House in the New Land.

The inner journey through an uncharted landscape can be fraught with contradictions of thought, emotion, experience, and action.

In late 2010, Nish Acharya arrived in Washington, DC, ready to work. President Barack Obama had appointed Acharya to be his director of innovation and entrepreneurship

I was born to be a wanderer.

Like many people, I had sought a solution for my anxiety in therapy and medication.

Like almost all scientists, we also struggled with the concept of nutritional treatment of mental disorders when we first began our research, but once we engaged with the science, we realized that this kind of approach has amazing potential.

Her bag was packed but still she resisted leaving.

“What’s two plus two?”

The sound of a twig snapping from somewhere behind made the girls freeze.

On the 16th of August 2020, Justin Bieber and I became friends.

Looking down at the boy strapped to the metal table before her, Kiva Meridan leaned in close and whispered, “Take a deep breath.”

He opened the new bag of coffee beans and inhaled, relishing the toasted aroma that his favourite brand of arabica gave off.

The lions woke me up around two in the morning.

I’ve seen a lot of different therapists over the years.

Her baby’s fingers look like small furled leaves and Louise lifts them to her lips to kiss.