“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.”
― Thomas Merton, Love and Living
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.”
― Thomas Merton, Love and Living
THINGFINDER 
Hans Christian Andersen s first published autobiography Das M rchen meines Lebens ohne Dichtung came out early in 1847 for his German readership. In his autobiography Andersen paints a to some degree frictionless picture of his rise from his poor back family background in Odense to his stature as a European literary star and celebrity. However, the Danish manuscript contains some interesting remarks which Andersen chose to leave out in regards of his meteoric rise. For example, he reflects on the fact that some people poked fun at his new life among the aristocracy. Why did Andersen choose not to include these statements? And why did he choose to delete political statements in his writings from the 18 for his German collected edition and thus commit acts of self-censorship? Presumably because Andersen did not want to show the world that he felt caught between his early engagement in the liberal community in 18 and his participation in a more conservative community from the 18 and onwards.
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