“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.”

Suggesting that an overburdened intellect can mistake its own relentless logic for reason · The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

• Difficulty
• Mind
• Psychology

“Mistakes in rhyme, rhythm, and even in spelling are very common in young writers.”

A practical reminder that technical accuracy matters when presenting poetry to readers · Letter to Mrs. E. S. Sinclair, September 16, 1882

• Poetry
• Precision
• Writing

“My life has run in a deeper channel since the hours I spent in your society last summer. They come back to me from time to time, like visitations from another and higher sphere.”

Expressing how a profound friendship can permanently alter the inner course of a life · Letter to John Lothrop Motley

• Connection
• Friendship
• Memory