devotion
Did it all for someone — or something — and never wavered.
The Bucket List
A college dropout found him in four days with a bucket list.
The Woman Who Wrote From Inside a Wall
A bishop sealed her inside a stone room, and she stayed for forty years — then T.S. Eliot quoted her during the Blitz.
The Squire Who Taught Darwin Everything
He rode a caiman like a horse, built the world's first nature reserve, and accidentally set in motion the theory of evolution.
The Woman Who Thanked the Taxi Driver
She was in a taxi crash at seventy-five and discovered she could now sing a higher F than ever before. She did not sue. She sent cigars.
The Man Who Moved a Castle for a Girl Who Never Came
He never let anyone watch him work.
The Woman Who Built a Maze
Every child who has ever ridden the Haunted Mansion passed through her grief and never knew.
The Poet Who Brought a Bear to College
When Trinity College banned dogs from student rooms, Byron checked the statutes, confirmed they said nothing about bears, and installed one.