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House Quotes by Emily Dickinson
- Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode until we drive away.
- I dwell in Possibility A fairer house than Prose More numerous of Windows Superior — for Doors.
- One need not be a Chamber — to be Haunted— One need not be a House— The Brain — has Corridors — surpassing Material Place—…
- I dwell in possibility.
- Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
- They say that 'home is where the heart is.' I think it is where the house is, and the adjacent buildings.
- Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea Past the houses, past the headlands Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains…
- A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care —…
- The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,-- The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away…
- One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.
- Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew…
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