Who is Emily Dickinson? Quotes

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. Born: December 10, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Died: May 15, 1886, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Books: Because I could not stop for Death, MORE Education: Amherst Academy (1840–1847), Mount Holyoke College

Quotes

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. Forever is composed of nows. The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door — To her divine Majority — Present no more — Tell the truth, but tell it slant. The brain is wider than the sky. A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs. One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.