The Heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care.
EMILY DICKINSONI’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!
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Hope never stops at all.
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
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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 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 brain is wider than the sky.
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They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
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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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I dwell in possibility.
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A wounded deer leaps the highest.
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