Quotes By Emily Dickinson

I love Emily Dickinson and Virginia Wolf. I ALWAYS HAVE, THEY WROTE DEEPLY AND PASSIONATELY FOR THEIR TIME. Here are some that I have accumulated over the years. They are my favorites by Emily Dickinson.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
--Emily Dickinson

Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve,
and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it,
when every urchin in the street has more than he can eat.
--Emily Dickinson

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.
--Emily Dickinson

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

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of
Him as somewhat of a recluse.
--Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886)

The mere sense of living is joy enough.
--Emily Dickinson

My friends are my estate.
--Emily Dickinson