The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
EMILY DICKINSONIf I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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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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A wounded deer leaps the highest.
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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
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Open your life wide, and take me in forever. I will never be tired-I will never be noisy when you want to be still…nobody else will see me, but you-but that is enough-I shall not want any more.
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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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I felt it shelter to speak to you.
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You can stay young as long as you learn.
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Friends are nations in themselves.
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That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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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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