We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
EMILY DICKINSONFriends are nations in themselves.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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I felt it shelter to speak to you.
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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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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
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Where thou art, that is home.
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The brain is wider than the sky.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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Saying nothing; sometimes says the most.
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One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.
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I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.
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I’ll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, “That must have been the sun!
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To ignore or use silence is a cruel tool. Hence this quote: Silence is all we dread; there’s ransom in a voice; but silence is infinity.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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Beauty is not caused. It is.
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Friends are nations in themselves.
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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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I tasted life.
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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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PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there’s a word to lift your hat to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that’s the genius behind poetry.
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To be alive-is Power.
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Sunrise: day’s great progenitor.
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