Emily Dickinson Quotes, Pain Quotes, Heart Quotes

The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty to die.

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The career of flowers differs from ours only inaudibleness.

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My life closed twice before its close

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The Loneliness One dare not sound -- And would as soon surmise AS in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size -- The Loneliness whose worst alarm Is lest itself should see -- And perish from before itself For just a scrutiny -- The Horror not to be surveyed -- But skirted in the Dark -- With Consciousness suspended -- And Being under Lock -- I fear me this -- is Loneliness -- The Maker of the soul Its Caverns and its Corridors Illuminate -- or seal

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Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour Then fling us poor Out of the purple door.

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You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- without a flame- E'en through the darkest night!

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A Deed knocks first at Thought And then - it knocks at Will - That is the manufacturing spot.

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'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!

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Faith—is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not— Too slender for the eye It bears the Soul as bold As it were rocked in Steel With Arms of Steel at either side— It joins—behind the Veil To what, could We presume The Bridge would cease to be To Our far, vacillating Feet A first Necessity.

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Eternity' is there, We say, as of a station. Meanwhile, he is so near, He joins me in my Ramble? Divides abode with me? No Friend have I that so persists As this Eternity.

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I lost a world the other day. Has anybody found? You'll know it by the rows of stars around it's forehead bound. A rich man might not notice it; yet to my frugal eye of more esteem than ducats. Oh! Find it, sir, for me!

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Love is like life-merely longer.

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It is easy to work when the soul is at play.

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You are out of the way of temptation and out of the way of the tempter - I didn't mean to make you wicked - but I was - and am - and shall be - and I was with you so much that I couldn't help contaminate.

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The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.

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Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The Frost beheads it at its play -- In accidental power -- The blonde Assassin passes on -- The Sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another Day For an Approving God.

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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

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The truth dazzles gradually, or else the world would be blind.

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I tasted - careless - then - I did not know the Wine Came once a World - Did you? Oh, had you told me so - This Thirst would blister - easier - now

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One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

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