Asking advice on something in particular is not an invitation to audit every other aspect of one’s life. I learn to stop asking wisdom from people who can’t resist fixing all the “wrong” they see. Wisdom and the compulsion to set people straight are mutually exclusive.

— Asher's Maxim 322

Asher Black

Asher Black is a former literary and review editor who writes, thinks, reads, listens, and is interested in the interior darkness of the soul.

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