"I don't profess to be profound; but I……" — Emily Dickinson

"I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense."

— Emily Dickinson

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362 Quotes by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson has 362 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control…
Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.
'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.
Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides...
Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of…
When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating…
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some…
We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

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