Emily Dickinson quotes - page 3

There is a solitude of space, A solitude of sea, A solitude of death, but these Society shall be, Compared with that profounder site, That polar privacy, A Soul admitted to Itself: Finite Infinity. (Emily Dickinson)
I took my power in my hand And went against the world; 'T was not so much as David had, But I was twice as bold.I aimed my pebble, but myself Was all the one that fell. Was it Goliath was too large, Or only I too small? View quote
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The sweets of Pillage can be known To no one but the Thief, Compassion for Integrity Is his divinest Grief. View quote
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Mine enemy is growing old,- I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge,-Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; 'T is starving makes it fat. View quote
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I am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too? View quote
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I felt it shelter to speak to you. View quote
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I dwell in possibility. View quote
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That love is all there is is all we know of love. View quote
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The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind. View quote
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We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore. View quote
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So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So satisfied to go Where none of us should be, Immediately, that anguish stooped Almost to jealousy. (Emily Dickinson)
Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die. View quote
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Much Madness is divinest Sense -- To a discerning Eye -- Much Sense -- the starkest Madness -- 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail -- Assent -- and you are sane -- Demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- And handled with a Chain. View quote
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A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. View quote
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Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you're lagging, I may remember him! View quote
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Till it has loved, no man or woman can become itself. View quote
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This is the Hour of Lead Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow First Chill then Stupor then the letting go . View quote
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How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity. View quote
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My life closed twice before its' close- It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me. So huge, so hopeless to concieve As these that twice befell. Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. View quote
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If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way? View quote
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A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care -- For Captain was the Butterfly For Helmsman was the Bee And an entire universe For the delighted crew. (Emily Dickinson)
A great Hope fell You heard no noise The Ruin was within. View quote
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The Possible's slow fuse is lit By the Imagination. View quote
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The brain is wider than the sky For put them side by side The one the other will contain with ease And you beside. View quote
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I cannot live with You -- It would be Life -- And Life is over there -- Behind the Shelf. View quote
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