American - Poet | December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886
Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
Emily Dickinson
TruthTellSlant
Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
SuccessSucceedNeverSuccess IsWho
I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind.
FatherMotherBrotherMindSister
I'm nobody, who are you?
YouNobodyWho
He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.
WordsSpiritPoorMoreDustFrame
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.
PoetryFeelKnowTopHeadOff
Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
NatureMotherWillSheHarmOur
To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
LoveTimeLove IsLittleAnything
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
TalentFamousCelebrityPunishment
We were never intimate mother and children while she was our mother - but... when she became our child, the affection came.
MotherChildrenChildAffectionShe
I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
MotherYouNeverHurryWhomSuppose
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
BetterHammerThanAnvil
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