The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

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July 2025

What if the meaning of life is the chase for meaning?
Three lines you won't stop thinking about - plus, our next Candlelight Chat!
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Thank you so much for being here.
And: can you help make the Quiet Life even better?
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Here is one of the greatest insights of my life
A very personal story of how you can carry lost loves with you--and the great and overlooked power of internalization
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A painter of country lanes and quiet souls
In memory of Gary Bunt, whose work feels like home
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"Old and ugly I may be, but inside..."
Quiet Life readers share powerful stories on aging, identity, and becoming someone new
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What are your "Secrets of Adulthood"? Here are mine.
A video recording of my conversation with Gretchen Rubin
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Gretchen Rubin
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This line touched a nerve last week
So I'm sharing the place from whence it came
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June 2025

Are you in the second half of life?
A very personal essay on losing my ambition -- and finding something deeper
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Was it once cool to love literature?
A brilliant essay you won't want to miss
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A dreamy, mystical realm
The illuminated spirit of Odilon Redon
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Our Candlelight Chat with Professor Gary Saul Morson - here's the replay video (including a treasure trove of a reading list)
On Anna Karenina, The Gulag Archipelago, and beyond
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