Emily Dickinson Quotes

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
Emily Dickinson quote

Forever is composed of nows.
Emily Dickinson quote

Fortune befriends the bold.
Emily Dickinson quote

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson quote

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.
Emily Dickinson quote

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
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Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
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Biography

19th century poet