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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

“In younger years, he’d wonder whether he was more doctor or writer. Since the dark period back home, he questioned if he was really either—witnessing death all around him had robbed him of both.”

Death Poet Doctor Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber Oliver Wendell Holmes

Book:The Dante Chamber

Source: The Dante Chamber

“No poet is ever really young... Their delicate ears always hear the far-off whisper of death, which coarser souls must travel towards for years before their duller senses touch....”

Young Death Poet Dante Club Matthew Pearl Dante Chamber Oliver Wendell Holmes Adolphus Williamson

Author:Matthew Pearl

“What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.”

Paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes

Book:How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

Source: How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement

“They ended up at the Old Corner Bookstore, which Brian had read about in a tour guide to Boston. "Longfellow and Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes used to read here. Let's go in." Brian nudged the girls until they obeyed. It was a regular bookstore, less history-minded than Brian had expected. In fact, the local history shelves were quite mangeable. I'll buy one book, he thought. This will get me launched in actual reading. Out of the zillions of choices, I'll find one here. Brian picked out Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. It was thick and somehow exciting, with its chapter headings and scholarly notes and bibliography.”

Book Exciting Notes Thick Shelves Bookstore Bibliography Longfellow Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter Headings Hawthrone Paul Revere

Author:Caroline B. Cooney

“Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. An apology is such an expression that shows not only greatness and insight, but it also protects you from breaking family ties and friendly contacts. ― Ehsan Sehgal”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr And Sehgal

Author:Ehsan Sehgal