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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Insist upon yourself. Be original.”

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“He understood that in walking to atone for the mistakes he had made, it was his journey to accept the strangeness of others. As a passerby, he was in a place where everything, not only the land, was open. People would feel free to talk, and he was free to listen. To carry a little of them as he went.”

People Feels Littles Made Mistake Accepting Journey Land Walking Understood Made It Strangeness Passerby

Author:Rachel Joyce

“There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living people. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice with her hair blown back; she was about to grasp something that just evaded her. There must be another life, here and now, she repeated. This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves.”

People Ifs Knows Life Dream Felt Rooms Hair Broken Standing Edges Chairs Too Short Here And Now Sinking Another Life Precipice Standing On The Edge

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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