When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued possessions, but he answered cheerily, 'Never mind, Louisa, see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.' The lesson was one never forgotten and in the varied lessons that have come to me I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright.

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Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ― Virginia Woolf

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Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.

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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

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Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people. - Roy T. Bennett

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Love is a beautiful flower, but we must be brave enough to pick her up from the edge of a precipice.

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Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

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...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep... ― John Geddes

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The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all. — The Emperor, Mulan

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