The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
EMILY DICKINSONThe only Commandment I ever obeyed – ‘Consider the Lilies.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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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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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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You can stay young as long as you learn.
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Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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I felt it shelter to speak to you.
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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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There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
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I dwell in possibility.
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It is easy to work when the soul is at play.
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I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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