There's a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That o... - Emily Dickinson
"There's a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes."
More quotes by Emily Dickinson
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
"Faith—is the Pierless BridgeSupporting what We seeUnto the Scene that We do not—Too slender for the eyeIt bears the Soul as boldAs it were rocked in SteelWith Arms of Steel at either side—It joins—behind the VeilTo what, could We presumeThe Bridge would cease to beTo Our far, vacillating FeetA first Necessity."
"Kein Schiff trägt uns besser in ferne Länder, als ein Buch."
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."
"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."