talisman: [tal-is-muhn] noun a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm; anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions.
The intellect,—that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night, are transparent, and the everlasting stars shine through, with attractive beams.
----Ralph Waldo Emerson
Address Delivered in Concord on the Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies, August 1, 1844
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Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
These are words that inspire me, words that make me see things that aren't there, words that dream dreams. And that I imagine would be a fabulous new addition to my vocabulary.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
---Lord Byron
Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
---Lord Byron
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