"They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse."
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Emily Dickinson quotes (page 7 of 26)
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"The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind."
"For love is immortality."
"The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include With ease, and you beside."
"The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on."
"Those who have not found the heaven below, will fail of it above."
"Finite to fail, but infinite to venture."
"To shut your eyes is to travel."
"I tasted life."
"Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a heart in port – Done with the compass – Done with the chart! Rowing in Eden – Ah, the sea! Might I moor – Tonight – In thee!"
"I'll tell you how the Sun rose."
"A great hope fell You heard no noise The ruin was within."
"Pain has an element of blank"
"If your Nerve, deny you - Go above your Nerve"
"I like a look of Agony, because I know it's true - men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe"
"I SEE thee better in the dark, I do not need a light. The love of thee a prism be Excelling violet. I see thee better for the years That hunch themselves between, The miner’s lamp sufficient be To nullify the mine. And in the grave I see thee best— Its little panels be A-glow, all ruddy with the light I held so high for thee! What need of day to those whose dark Hath so surpassing sun, It seem it be continually At the meridian?"
"I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain - But He who weigheth - While the Rest - Expend their furthest pound - Of this Man - I am wary - I fear that He is Grand -"
"A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown, Who ponders this tremendous scene-- This whole experiment in green, As if it were his own!"
"Prayer is the little implement through which men reach; where presence is denied them."
"The sun just touched the morning; The morning, happy thing, Supposed that he had come to dwell, And life would be all spring."