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[...] [T]he modern world has lost the art of \"ordinary magic\" - the art of transforming our ordinary, mundane, and perhaps humdrum existence into a life of beauty and joy.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[70],{"id":71,"tag":72},3066858,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"id":74,"quote_text":75,"author_id":5,"source_id":20,"has_image":21,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":9},573315,"We have been conditioned to treat rationality as sacred. But life itself is, in a very deep sense, absurd. It will not render itself to the tyranny of reason. Even the most wise cannot help but be flabbergasted by a three-year-old who keeps asking why. If you are not convinced, try asking yourself what is the reason for living. Life is basically a mystery that is not meant to be solved by our intellect. 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