Quotes by Emily Dickinson

Explore a curated collection of 146 quotes by Emily Dickinson. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. — Emily Dickinson
Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. — Emily Dickinson
Heart, we will forget him,You and I, tonight!You must forget the warmth he gave,I will forget the light. — Emily Dickinson
The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care — Emily Dickinson
Till I loved I never lived. — Emily Dickinson
That I shall love always, I argue theethat love is life,and life hath immortality — Emily Dickinson
We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore — Emily Dickinson
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. — Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. — Emily Dickinson
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. — Emily Dickinson
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. — Emily Dickinson
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpris — Emily Dickinson
A great hope fellYou heard no noiseThe ruin was within. — Emily Dickinson
Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words -And never stops - at a — Emily Dickinson
Impossibility, like wineExhilarates the manWho tastes it; PossibilityIs flavoreless. — Emily Dickinson
I died for beauty but was scarceAdjusted in the tomb,When one who died for truth was lainIn an adjoining room.He questio — Emily Dickinson
I wonder if it hurts to live,And if they have to try,And whether, could they choose between,They would not rather die. — Emily Dickinson
The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth,--The sweeping up the heart,And — Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality.We slowl — Emily Dickinson
We do not play on Graves—Because there isn't Room—Besides—it isn't even—it slantsAnd People come—And put a Flower on it— — Emily Dickinson