A wounded deer leaps the highest.
EMILY DICKINSONA wounded deer leaps the highest.
EMILY DICKINSONCommon sense is almost as omniscient as God.
EMILY DICKINSONThe lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
EMILY DICKINSONOpen 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.
EMILY DICKINSONI have an appetite for silence.
EMILY DICKINSONFriends are nations in themselves.
EMILY DICKINSONNot knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
EMILY DICKINSONOne step at a time is all it takes to get you there.
EMILY DICKINSONWe both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
EMILY DICKINSONOld age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
EMILY DICKINSONIf I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
EMILY DICKINSONFind ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
EMILY DICKINSONThe sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
EMILY DICKINSONWhere thou art, that is home.
EMILY DICKINSONBring me the sunset in a cup.
EMILY DICKINSONI 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 DICKINSON