The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.
EMILY DICKINSONI tasted life.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
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Wonder is not precisely knowing.
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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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I dwell in possibility.
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Saying nothing; sometimes says the most.
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Hope never stops at all.
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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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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
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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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I tasted life.
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Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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To be alive-is Power.
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That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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Forever is composed of nows.
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Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.
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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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Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
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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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There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.
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Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.
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It is easy to work when the soul is at play.
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There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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