Emily Dickinson Quotes
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An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.
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At least to pray is left - is left Oh Jesus - in the Air - I know not which thy chamber is - I'm knocking everywhere.
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That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death.
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I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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To die before one fears to die may be a boon.
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Love - thou art Veiled - A few - behold thee - Smile - and alter - and prattle - and die - Bliss - were an Oddity - without thee - Nicknamed by God - Eternity -
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It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.
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Elysium is as far as to The very nearest room, If in that room a friend await Felicity of doom.
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We turn not older with years but newer every day.
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There is a pain so utter, it swallows being up; The covers the abyss with a trance So memory can step around, across, upon it.
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The Service without Hope Is tenderest, I think-- ... There is no Diligence like that That knows not an Until
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I know some lonely houses off the road A robber'd like the look of,-- Wooden barred, And windows hanging low
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When we say gender is performed, we usually mean that weve taken on a role or were acting in some way and that our acting or our role playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world.
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I took one Draught of Life -I'll tell you what I paid -Precisely an existence -The market price, they said.
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A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone
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We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.
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A death-blow is a life-blow to some Who, till they died, did not alive become; Who, had they lived, had died, but when They died, vitality begun.
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What Soft--Cherubic Creatures-- These Gentlewomen are-- One would as soon assault a Plush-- Or violate a Star
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God's unique capacity is too surprising to surprise.
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Answer July- Where is the Bee- Where is the Blush- Where is the Hay? Ah, said July- Where is the Seed- Where is the Bud- Where is the May- Answer Thee-Me-
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Longing, it may be, is the gift no other gift supplies.
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The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.
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All things do go a-courting, In earth, or sea, or air, God hath made nothing single But thee in His world so fair.