Emily Dickinson Quotes

Emily Dickinson Quotes.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thou

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Emily Dickinson
God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.
Emily Dickinson
Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
Emily Dickinson
One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.
Emily Dickinson
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
Emily Dickinson
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
Emily Dickinson
I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm, and my breath stands still… I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose.
Emily Dickinson
Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
Emily Dickinson
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.
Emily Dickinson
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
Emily Dickinson
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
Emily Dickinson
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
Emily Dickinson
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.
Emily Dickinson
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.
Emily Dickinson
There is always one thing to be grateful for – that one is one’s self and not somebody else.
Emily Dickinson