Emily Dickinson Quotes, Death Quotes, Blow Quotes

A death-blow is a life-blow to some Who, till they died, did not alive become; Who, had they lived, had died, but when They died, vitality begun.

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It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

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Heaven is so far of the mind that were the mind dissolved - the site of it by architect could not again be proved.

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Somewhere in my soul a thought went up in my mind today that I have had before, but did not finish, some way back, I could not fix the year. Nor where it went, nor why it came the second time to me, nor definetly what it was, have I the art to say. But somewhere in my soul, I know I've met the thing before; it just reminded me-' twas all'-and came my way no more.

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Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my life.

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My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun - In Corners - till a Day The Owner passed - identified - And carried Me away -

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A color stands abroad on solitary hills that silence cannot overtake, but human nature feels.

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To lose ones faith-surpass The loss of an Estate- Because Estates can be Replenished- faith cannot-.

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I took my Power in my Hand -- And went against the World -- 'Twas not so much as David -- had -- But I -- was twice as bold -- I aimed by Pebble -- but Myself Was all the one that fell -- Was it Goliath -- was too large -- Or was myself -- too small?

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I stepped from Plank to Plank A slow and cautious way

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I felt a Cleaving in my Mind- As if my Brain had split- I tried to match it- Seam by Seam- But could not make it fit.

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Heavenly Father - take to thee The supreme iniquity Fashioned by thy candid Hand In a moment contraband - Though to trust us seem to us More respectful - We are Dust - We apologize to thee For thine own Duplicity.

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That love is all there is, Is all we know of love.

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AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise’ yellow noise Interrupt this ground.

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Portraits are to daily faces As an evening west To a fine, pedantic sunshine In a satin vest.

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Hope is a strange invention - A Patent of the Heart - In unremitting action Yet never wearing out

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The Heart asks Pleasure--first-- And then--Excuse from Pain

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Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides.

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How do most people live without any thought? There are many people in the world,--you must have noticed them in the street,--how do they live? How do they get strength to put on their clothes in the morning?

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I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude, and the figures -- solitude -- and the lights and shades, each a solitude.

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