Emily Dickinson Quotes, Loneliness Quotes, Dark Quotes

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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Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.

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Best Witchcraft is Geometry To the magician's mind - His ordinary acts are feats To thinking of mankind.

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Speech is one symptom of affection; and silence one; the perfect communication is heard of none.

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I never saw a meme; I never saw the sea.

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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring ,Its summer blossoms scent the air; Yet wait till winter comes again, And who will call the wild-briar fair? Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now, And deck thee with holly's sheen, That, when December blights thy brow, He still may leave thy garland green.

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It sounded as if the streets were running, And then the streets stood still.

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My love for those I love -- not many -- not very many, but don't I love them so?

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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.

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After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

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No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leaders grim baton Arraigns it as it sings.

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A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

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THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before the host has slid The bolt upon the door, To seek for the accomplished guest, -- Her visitor no more.

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Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at last with bugles.

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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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And you dropt, lost, When something broke-- And let you from a Dream

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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

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You are nipping in the bud fancies which I let blossom. The shore is safer, but I love to buffet the sea - I can count the bitter wrecks here in these pleasant waters, and hear the murmuring winds, but oh, I love the danger!

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I cannot live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf

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Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

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