{"product_id":"streams-of-thought-donald-patrick-redheffer-9781440175695","title":"Streams of Thought: Aphorisms in Prose and Poetry","description":"From the author of Musings of a Meandering Stream, Streams of Thought offers innovative, provocative concepts that challenge the mind and inspire thought. With piercing wit and wisdom, Redheffer tackles a wide range of subjects such as agnosticism, beauty, doubt, hypocrisy, marriage, religion, science, sex, sin, and everything in between in over 1,100 original aphorisms.\u003cp\u003e An indifferent student yet widely knowledgeable, he has said that he never let school interfere with his education. At the age of seventy, he began to write down his thinking in aphoristic form. These aphorisms are faithful to his unique perspective on life. Most of all, these ideas will encourage the reader to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Absence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbsence makes the heart ponder, Is love to last or will it flounder?\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbsence puts friendship on the side, No way to nourish that which is denied.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Writing\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA writer's greatest asset is a great reader.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting aphorisms becomes an obsession, a magnificent obsession that drives one to explore every aspect of the human condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Patrick Redheffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440175691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440175695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Donald Patrick Redheffer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458313662719,"sku":"9781440175695","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db3faec0-f559-4acb-b2d5-e05a087e7bb0.jpg?v=1777403666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/streams-of-thought-donald-patrick-redheffer-9781440175695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}