This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.
EMILY DICKINSONThe only Commandment I ever obeyed – ‘Consider the Lilies.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.
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The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
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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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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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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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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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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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That love is all there is, Is all we know of love.
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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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The only Commandment I ever obeyed – ‘Consider the Lilies.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
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Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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