Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

"A Shade upon the mind there passesAs when on NoonA Cloud the mighty Sun encloses. "

"A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. "

"Faith--is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not. "

"Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough. "

"Hope is the thing with feathers -- that perches in the soul -- and sings the tune without words -- and never stops, at all. "

"I dwell in possibility. "

"I imagine, therefore I belong and am free. "

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, If I can ease one pain, Then my life will not have been in vain. "

"If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things. "

"Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine. "

"My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them "

"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. "

"Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell. "

"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. "

"That it will never come again is what makes life sweet. "

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. "

"To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. "

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. "