Classics | https://emilyromrell.com Fri, 16 Jun 2023 23:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://emilyromrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-2025VibrantLifewebsite-32x32.png Classics | https://emilyromrell.com 32 32 142175226 Where My Books Go https://emilyromrell.com/where-my-books-go/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-my-books-go https://emilyromrell.com/where-my-books-go/#respond Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=15172 All the words that I utter, And all the words that I write,

Must spread out their wings untiring,

And never rest in their flight,

Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,

And sing to you in the night,

Beyond where the waters are moving,

Storm-darkened or starry bright.

~ W. B. Yeats

The post Where My Books Go first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/where-my-books-go/feed/ 0 15172 To Determine Intimacy https://emilyromrell.com/to-determine-intimacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-determine-intimacy https://emilyromrell.com/to-determine-intimacy/#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=13173 It's not time or opportunity that determines intimacy; it's disposition alone. 7 years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, & 7 days are more than enough for others.

The post To Determine Intimacy first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/to-determine-intimacy/feed/ 0 13173 How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie https://emilyromrell.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-by-dale-carnegie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-by-dale-carnegie https://emilyromrell.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-by-dale-carnegie/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=10715 Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

The post How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-by-dale-carnegie/feed/ 0 10715 The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan https://emilyromrell.com/the-eye-of-the-world-by-robert-jordan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-eye-of-the-world-by-robert-jordan https://emilyromrell.com/the-eye-of-the-world-by-robert-jordan/#respond Wed, 01 Sep 2021 01:12:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=10070 The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.

The post The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-eye-of-the-world-by-robert-jordan/feed/ 0 10070 Banner In The Sky By James Ramsey Ullman https://emilyromrell.com/banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman https://emilyromrell.com/banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman/#respond Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=9746 It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.

The post Banner In The Sky By James Ramsey Ullman first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/banner-in-the-sky-by-james-ramsey-ullman/feed/ 0 9746 The Cay by Theodore Taylor https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cay-by-theodore-taylor https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=8905 Friendship and courage between a young white boy and an elderly black man remind us that friendship is not only available to us if we are open to it, but that we need each other to survive.

The post The Cay by Theodore Taylor first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-cay-by-theodore-taylor/feed/ 0 8905 Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage https://emilyromrell.com/jesus-the-christ-by-james-e-talmage-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jesus-the-christ-by-james-e-talmage-2 https://emilyromrell.com/jesus-the-christ-by-james-e-talmage-2/#respond Sun, 09 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=7423 The spirit of his demands was that of a practical religion, the only religion of any possible worth – the religion of right living.

The post Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/jesus-the-christ-by-james-e-talmage-2/feed/ 0 7423 The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway https://emilyromrell.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea-by-ernest-hemingway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-old-man-and-the-sea-by-ernest-hemingway https://emilyromrell.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea-by-ernest-hemingway/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=6853 In this tale of inward struggle and personal triumph, an old fisherman reaches within the depths of himself to fight the good fight and wrestle with the fish of his dreams alone on the ocean.

The post The Old Man And The Sea By Ernest Hemingway first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea-by-ernest-hemingway/feed/ 0 6853 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster https://emilyromrell.com/the-phantom-tollbooth-by-norton-juster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-phantom-tollbooth-by-norton-juster https://emilyromrell.com/the-phantom-tollbooth-by-norton-juster/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:26:58 +0000 https://emilyromrell.com/?p=5080 There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself--not just sometimes, but always.

The post The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster first appeared on .]]> https://emilyromrell.com/the-phantom-tollbooth-by-norton-juster/feed/ 0 5080 The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis https://emilyromrell.com/the-chronicles-of-narnia-by-c-s-lewis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-chronicles-of-narnia-by-c-s-lewis https://emilyromrell.com/the-chronicles-of-narnia-by-c-s-lewis/#respond Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:58:02 +0000 http://eclecticemily.wordpress.com/?p=13 Publisher: HarperCollins Narnia; Illustrated edition (October 26, 2004) Paperback : 784 pages ISBN: 978-0060598242 Thoughts: I fell in love with The Chronicles of Narnia in Fourth Grade and I don’t think…

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