Emily Dickinson Quotes

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

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

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

Saying nothing… sometimes says the most.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

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.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

You can stay young as long as you learn.