Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above.
EMILY DICKINSONI am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too?
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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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.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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The Heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care.
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The Soul selects her own Society.
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Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
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We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
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Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane.
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That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
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Where thou art, that is home.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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I tasted life.
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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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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
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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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Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
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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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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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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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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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My friends are my estate.
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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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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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Wonder is not precisely knowing.
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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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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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