Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"? — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
One need not be a Chamber — to be Haunted— One need not be a House— The Brain — has Corridors —… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
This so much joy! This so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Wild Nights—Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile—the winds— To a heart in port— Done with… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
It is essential to the sanity of mankind that each one should think the other crazy - a condition with which the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Had we less to say to those we love, perhaps we should say it oftener. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude,… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
My Faith is larger than the Hills— So when the Hills decay— My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The Loneliness One dare not sound -- And would as soon surmise AS in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I miss the grasshoppers much, but suppose it is all for the best. I should become too much attached to a trotting… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Could you tell me how to grow--or is it unconveyed--like Melody--or Witchcraft?” — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
It might be lonelier Without the Loneliness - I’m so accustomed to my Fate - Perhaps the Other - Peace - Would interrupt the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Inebriate of Air — am I — And Debauchee of Dew — Reeling — thro endless summer days — From Inns of Molten Blue —” — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
The abdication of Belief Makes the Behavior small- Better an ignis fatuus Than no illume at all. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I SEE thee better in the dark, I do not need a light. The love of thee a prism be Excelling violet. I see… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
