There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
EMILY DICKINSONNot knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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But a Book is only the Heart’s Portrait- every Page a Pulse.
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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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The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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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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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
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We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
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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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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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The Heart wants what it wants – or else it does not care.
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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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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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The Soul selects her own Society.
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