There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
EMILY DICKINSONLove is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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Wonder is not precisely knowing.
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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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I felt it shelter to speak to you.
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My friends are my estate.
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Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.
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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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The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
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Judge tenderly of me.
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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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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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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Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
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