Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinsonwas an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 December 1830
CityAmherst, MA
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee...
I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness.
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.
Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.