Emily Dickinson on book
“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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Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time. Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Wonder is not precisely knowing.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson I dwell in possibility.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson 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.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson 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.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Bring me the sunset in a cup.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson A written word is the choicest of relics.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Too many of us are taking our dreams to our graves. Songs that were never sung. Poems never written. Businesses never started. Relationships never formed. Books never written. Dreams never lived.
Les BrownLes Brown You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Mark TwainMark Twain You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.
Dr. SeussDr. Seuss I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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