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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.”

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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

“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you.”

Thinking Want Looks Sometimes Stars Pleasure Grief Known Laughing Sky Crazy Sorrow My Friends Window Tricks Look Up Make Me Laugh Shabby

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”

Believe Truth Lying Believe In Me Self Deception Truth And Lies Never Lie Lies Truth Lie To Me Socs

Book:That Was Then, This Is Now

Source: That Was Then, This Is Now

“If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?”

Ifs Thinking Feels I Can Care Moving Sad Depression Mental Health Mental Illness

Author:Kay Redfield Jamison

“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.”

Way Needs Loneliness Bears Need You I Need You

Book:The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Source: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.”

Littles Enough

Book:The Western Lands

Source: The Western Lands

“I don't think anybody's necessarily ready for death. You can only hope that when it approaches, you feel like you've said what you wanted to say. Nobody wants to go out in mid-sentence.”

Thinking Want Feels Said Wanted Ready Like You Approach Sentences

Author:Johnny Depp

“Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet.”

Ifs Feels Persons Pain Beautiful Planets Safe Work Out Compassionate

Author:Michelle Tea

“Bea says that the art of reading is slowly dying, that it's an intimate ritual, that a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind, and great readers are becoming more scarce by the day.”

Mind Heart Art Book Reading Dying Reader Becoming Offers Mirrors Intimate Ritual Heart And Mind Scarce Becoming More Shadow Of The Wind

Book:The Shadow Of The Wind

Source: The Shadow Of The Wind

“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.”

People Inspirational Religion Share Draws

Author:C. S. Lewis

“They say that 'home is where the heart is.' I think it is where the house is, and the adjacent buildings.”

Thinking Heart Home House Building Home Is Where The Heart Is

Book:The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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