Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
EMILY DICKINSONThe things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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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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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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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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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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The brain is wider than the sky.
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Forever is composed of nows.
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Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.
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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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There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
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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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