Emily Dickinson

Forever composed now eternity

“Forever is composed of nows.”

― Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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“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)