Emily Dickinson
Forever composed now eternity
“Forever is composed of nows.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
madness sring wholesome king
“A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
saying nothing most
“Saying nothing sometimes says the most.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
nobody pair dreary somebody public frog admire bog
“I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They ’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
live startling life little time
“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
word dead live day
“A Word is Dead
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
dog better human know tell
“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
happy little stone road alone career simplicity
“How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn't care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;
Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
profess profound claim common sense
“I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
old older years age newer day
“We turn not older with years but newer every day.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
hope fell noise ruin within
“A great hope fell
You heard no noise
The ruin was within.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
brain wider sky include beside
“The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
people hard times oppression psychic muscle
“People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.”
― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)