Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Be not the slave of your own past."
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Plunge
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Matsuo Basho
Poet
"Plunge Deep enough in order to see something that is hidden and glimmering."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"Love is, that you are the knife which I plunge into myself."
Julian Barnes
Author
"When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"Plunge boldly into the thick of life!"
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"Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past."
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"Time is too large, it can't be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates."
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"There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge."
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"Do not plunge thyself too far in anger."
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"Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart."
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"Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again."
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"Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back."
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"Taking the leap felt appropriate. Only it wasn’t just a short hop. It was a full plunge off a cliff."
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"Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in."
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"What a lark! What a plunge!"
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"Perhaps, perhaps this would be the one to pull me out of my plunge."
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"From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire."
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