Emily DickinsonNot with a club, the Heart is broken Nor with a Stone —A Whip so small you could not see it I've known
About This Quote
To break a heart with a stone would be the equivalent of using a club. It would be too small to be seen at all. A whip, on the other hand, is an implement that has a lot of power behind it. It could be used to strike someone across the face or to strike someone’s arm or leg.
If you were to use a whip against your own heart, it would feel like the most severe form of pain ever experienced. It would probably cause lifelong emotional problems. Of course, if you were to use a whip against someone else’s heart, it would feel much worse than being hit with a stone because you are inflicting that person pain.
The same thing goes for using a whip against rock. It wouldn’t feel as bad as hitting someone with a whip, but it would still hurt just as much.
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