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Essays to read without hurrying

Opinion pieces on encounters, friendship and conversation. They are original texts written for this sample edition.
Two wooden chairs facing each other by a window, with two cups on a small table in afternoon light

EssayEncounters6 min

The time it takes to know someone

A conversation, a silence, the wish to return. What changes when we stop asking a first meeting to decide everything?

Opinion essay · Original sample text

An empty train platform at dusk, with lit street lamps and a distant figure waiting

ReflectionFriendship4 min

Coming back with nothing prepared

On second visits, friendships picked up again, and the value of showing up without a speech.

Opinion essay · Original sample text