Emily Dickinson Quotes

Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane

A Word is Dead

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.

I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

Beauty is not caused. It is.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

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.

The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care

Heart, we will forget him,

You and I, tonight!

You must forget the warmth he gave,

I will forget the light.

Truth is so rare, it is delightful to tell it.

Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.

The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul — BOOKS.

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll –
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears a Human soul.