Emily Dickinson1830–1886Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
Letter to T. W. Higginson (late 1872); Letters (1958) p. 380, no. 381- Letter to Samuel Bowles (August 1858 or 1859); Thomas H. Johnson (ed.) The Letters of Emily Dickinson (1958) p. 338, no. 193
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Letter to Mrs. J. G. Holland [L551] (Spring 1878)- Letter to Louise Norcross (late 1872); Letters (1958) p. 499, no. 379
- Fame is a fickle food (B)
- Mine Enemy is growing old (B)
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
Letter to T. W. Higginson (1870); Letters (1958) p. 474, no. 342a
Often credited to Emily Dickinson
Quotes often credited to Emily Dickinson that were said or written by someone else.
Walter Raleigh1552–1618Often credited to Emily DickinsonWhenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
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