The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
EMILY DICKINSONThe soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
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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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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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PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there’s a word to lift your hat to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that’s the genius behind poetry.
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Beauty is not caused. It is.
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Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.
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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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We meet no Stranger, but Ourself.
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The Soul selects her own Society.
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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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To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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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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Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
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