Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.
EMILY DICKINSONBut a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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We turn not older with years but newer every day.
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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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Where thou art, that is home.
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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.
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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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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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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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A wounded deer leaps the highest.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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Beauty is not caused. It is.
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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
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You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.
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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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