Emily Dickinson Quotes

They say that God is everywhere and yet we always think of him as somewhat of a recluse.

The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.

The brain is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside.

in this short life
that only lasts ah hour
how much-how little-is
within our power.

I am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too?

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Dying is a wild night and a new road.

One need not be a chamber to be haunted,
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.

Far safer, of a midnight meeting
External ghost,
Than an interior confronting
That whiter host.

Far safer through an Abbey gallop,
The stones achase,
Than, moonless, one's own self encounter
In lonesome place.

Ourself, behind ourself concealed,
Should startle most;
Assassin, hid in our apartment,
Be horror's least.

The prudent carries a revolver,
He bolts the door,
O'erlooking a superior spectre
More near.

My friends are my estate.

Forever – is composed of Nows – (690)

Forever – is composed of Nows –
‘Tis not a different time –
Except for Infiniteness –
And Latitude of Home –

From this – experienced Here –
Remove the Dates – to These –
Let Months dissolve in further Months –
And Years – exhale in Years –

Without Debate – or Pause –
Or Celebrated Days –
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies –

I can wade Grief — Whole Pools of it — I'm used to that — But the least push of Joy
Breaks up my feet — And I tip — drunken — Let no Pebble — smile — 'Twas the New Liquor — That was all!

"I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time.
The steeples swam in amethyst,
The news like squirrels ran.
The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
"That must have been the sun!

Faith is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see,
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.

My best Acquaintances are those
With Whom I spoke no Word