More quotes by Emily Dickinson

"The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth,--The sweeping up the heart,And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil eternity"
"PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry."
"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry."
"That it will never come again is what makes life sweet."
"Faith is a fine inventionWhen gentlemen can see,But microscopes are prudentIn an emergency."