I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.
EMILY DICKINSONLove is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.
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To be alive-is Power.
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You can stay young as long as you learn.
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Till I loved I never lived.
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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But a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.
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There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
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Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time. Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years.
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The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
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The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
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Wonder is not precisely knowing.
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I tasted life.
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Beauty is not caused. It is.
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Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.
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Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.
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