Emily Dickinson Quotes
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In this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power.
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A wounded deer leaps highest, I've heard the hunter tell; 'Tis but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still. The smitten rock that gushes, The trampled steel that springs,, A cheek is always redder Just where the hectic stings Mirth is mail of anguish, In which its cautious arm Lest anybody spy the blood And, you're hurt exclaim.
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What will the solemn Hemlock- What will the Oak tree say?
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Witchcraft was hung, in History, But History and I Find all the Witchcraft that we need Around us, every Day -
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The blunder is to estimate,- 'Eternity is Then,' We say, as of a station. Meanwhile he is so near, He joins me in my ramble, Divides abode with me, No friend have I that so persists As this Eternity.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
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Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell.
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Who has not found the heaven below Will fail of it above. God’s residence is next to mine, His furniture is love.
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Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides.
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I stepped from Plank to Plank A slow and cautious way
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A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone
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I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain - But He who weigheth - While the Rest - Expend their furthest pound - Of this Man - I am wary - I fear that He is Grand -
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Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
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He deposes Doom Who hath suffered him.
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Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
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You'll find it-when you try to die- The Easier to let go- For recollecting such as went- You could not spare-you know.
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I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.
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I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.
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A Murmur in the Trees - to note - Not loud enough - for Wind - A Star - not far enough to seek - Nor near enough - to find
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Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
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I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.
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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
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November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.
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Knew I how to pray, to intercede for your broken Foot were intuitive - but I am but a Pagan.