Jean Luis Borges, an Argentine literary giant born in 1899, excelled in fiction, essays, and poetry, exploring deep connections to and fascination with the dynamics of being.

In All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks explores love as an action, blending care, respect, and commitment to foster spiritual growth. Through diverse lenses, she redefines love, offering deep insights on grief.

Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison’s Wholehearted highlights the transformative power of compassion and shared suffering in end-of-life care. Raised amidst the AIDS pandemic, he emphasizes commitment and connection, encouraging readers to embrace moments of happiness.

Seneca's How to Die offers five precepts for facing death: Prepare, Fear not, Regret not, Free yourself, and Embrace the whole. Edited by James Romm, it encourages rehearsing death to live better.

In The Mirror, Lawrence Bush explores the idea that others see us as we truly are, while we only perceive ourselves in reverse, highlighting an essential principle of self-awareness and perspective.