198 "Emily Dickinson" Quotes And Sayings

Emily Dickinson is considered one of the most influential poets in American history. After receiving no formal education, she began writing poetry at the age of twenty. She published her first poem, "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," in 1874. Her poems contain ambiguous references that have led to much scholarly interpretation and comment, but she took care to keep her life private Read more

She died in 1886 at age sixty-five.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall...
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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson
Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. Emily Dickinson
Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You...
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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. Emily Dickinson
The Heart wants what it wants - or else it...
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The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care Emily Dickinson
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Till I loved I never lived. Emily Dickinson
That I shall love always, I argue theethat love is...
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That I shall love always, I argue theethat love is life, and life hath immortality Emily Dickinson
We outgrow love like other things and put it in...
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We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore. Emily Dickinson
That it will never come again is what makes life...
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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the...
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. Emily Dickinson
To live is so startling it leaves little time for...
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To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the...
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The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. Emily Dickinson
We never know how high we are till we are...
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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. Emily Dickinson
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind-- Emily Dickinson
Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/ Success in...
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Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/ Success in Circuit lies... Emily Dickinson
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A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld, – The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies, – Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies. Emily Dickinson
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To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Emily Dickinson
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chilliest land And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. Emily Dickinson
A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin...
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A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within. Emily Dickinson
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Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words -And never stops - at all -And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -And sore must be the storm -That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm -I’ve heard it in the chillest land -And on the strangest Sea -Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me. Emily Dickinson
Impossibility, like wine Exhilarates the man Who tastes it; PossibilityIs...
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Impossibility, like wine Exhilarates the man Who tastes it; PossibilityIs flavoreless. Emily Dickinson