“He is very much in love with Liz Emerson,and it seems that she will never know.” — Amy Zhang Copy Share Image
The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it..." -Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If, as Emerson wrote, every word was once an idea, every cliché was once a revelation. — Bradford Morrow Copy Share Image
“I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?—Emerson” — Liza M. Wiemer Copy Share Image
“Emerson said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“You know, Scarlett, Rhett didn't give a damn, and frankly, I don't either. - Emerson” — Myra McEntire Copy Share Image
“There is no history; there is only biography,” Emerson once wrote.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. R.… — Mary Wilder Tileston Copy Share Image
There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“Yet it was Emerson who said that "I have never heard of a crime which I might not have committed.” — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
“Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“This is my favorite place in the world" Emerson's voice is low, thick with desire. "Right here. In you” — Melody Grace Copy Share Image
“It was Waldo Emerson who would stay, bound to his “imperfect” marriage “because he dont believe in any thing better,” and unable… — Megan Marshall Copy Share Image
I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn't a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“You are the most frustrating person ever! Don’t you understand? It’s not that I thought you were cheating on me. It’s that… — Kimberly Lauren Copy Share Image
I have never as yet gone a step to see a literary lion; but I would go a considerable way to see… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
Thought and knowledge are natures in which apparatus and pretension avail nothing. Gowns, and pecuniary foundations, though of towns of gold, can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mr. Emerson watched, almost breathless, as she swirled the wine in her glass expertly, then lifted it so that she could examine… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“He smiled affably at the burglar, a burly fellow whom he continued to hold with one hand, as easily as if he… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“The words of Ralph Waldo Emerson came back to me: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people… — Nancy Many Copy Share Image
“Emerson lifts his head. His eyes are two dark pools of desire, a clouded night’s sky. He catches his breath a moment,… — Melody Grace Copy Share Image
“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Well,' I said. 'I could strip off my clothes and reveal to you that under my jeans and sweatshirt I'm actually wearing… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The Telescope, the Flaxions, the inventions of Logarithms and the frenzy of multiplication, often for its own sake, that follow'd have for… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Here’s to losing Emerson, and finding Em again!” I raised the shot glass in the air.” — Kimberly Lauren Copy Share Image
“Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “We are always getting ready to live, but never living.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image