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> [Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved ideas even more than men, and Thoreau loved himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/of-the-creative-spirits-that-flourished-in-concord-massachusetts-it/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

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## More by Leon Edel

> [Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/of-the-creative-spirits-that-flourished-in-concord-massachusetts-it/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/any-biographer-must-of-necessity-become-a-pilgrim-a-peripatetic/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/henry-james-joyously-engaged-in-the-act-of-writing-a-good-day-s/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-biographer-who-writes-the-life-of-his-subject-s-self-concept/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-answer-to-old-age-is-to-keep-one-s-mind-busy-and-to-go-on-with/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-biographer-who-writes-the-life-of-his-subjects-self-concept/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The secret of biography resides in finding the link between talent and achievement. A biography seems irrelevant if it doesnt discover the overlap between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-secret-of-biography-resides-in-finding-the-link-between-talent/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

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