More quotes by Emily Dickinson

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven."
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."
"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.He danced along the dingy days,And this bequest of wingsWas but a book. What libertyA loosened spirit brings!"
"PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry."
"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."