Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
EMILY DICKINSONFind ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.
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To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.
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We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.
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Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.
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We meet no Stranger, but Ourself.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
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The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.
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I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.
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The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
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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.
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