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Edgar Allan Poe Poet, Writer
Mind

"It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to convey to the mind of the merely general reader, an adequate idea of that nervous intensity of interest with which, in my case, the powers of meditation (not to speak technically) busied and buried themselves, in the contemplation of even the most ordinary objects of the universe."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
Mind

"I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and that is a profoundly rare human privilege."

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Elvis Presley Singer, Actor
Mind

"Nine and nine makes fourteen, four and four makes nine. The clock is striking thirteen, I think I've lost my mind."

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Emile M. Cioran Philosopher, Essayist
Mind

"Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it."

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Emily Bronte Poet, Novelist
Mind

"Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being."

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Epictetus Philosopher
Mind

"Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest."

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Epictetus Philosopher
Mind

"It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
Mind

"Never mind what is. Imagine it the way you want it to be so that your vibration is a match to your desire. When your vibration is a match to your desire, all things in your experience will gravitate to meet that match every time"

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