We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
EMILY DICKINSONThe sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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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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To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.
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But a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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I tasted life.
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There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
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Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.
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That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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