The Soul selects her own Society.
EMILY DICKINSONFame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
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Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
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The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
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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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Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
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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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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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I have an appetite for silence.
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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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You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.
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I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.
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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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