The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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