Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
EMILY DICKINSONThere’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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I felt it shelter to speak to you.
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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.
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This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.
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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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My friends are my estate.
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The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
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To be alive-is Power.
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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.
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Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.
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You can stay young as long as you learn.
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Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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