Quotes by Emily Dickinson

“If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain.”

“The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee A clover anytime to him Is aristocracy.”

“'Hope' is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without words And never stops - at all.”

“To make a prairie it takes clover and one bee one clover and a bee and revery The revery alone will do if bees are few.”

“Love is anterior to life Posterior to death Initial of creation and The exponent of breath.”

“Superiority to fate is difficult to gain 'tis not conferred of any but possible to earn.”

“Luck is not chance it's toil fortune's expensive smile is earned.”

“Sunrise: day's great progenitor.”

“We turn not older with years but newer every day.”

“The soul should always stand ajar ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”

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

“Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.”

“Where thou art that is Home.”

“Glee! The great storm is over!”

“Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it proved it proves too There was no Melody.”

“Tell all the truth but tell it slant.”

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.”

“I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.”

“I dwell in possibility.”

“Forever is composed of nows.”