To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything e... - Emily Dickinson

"I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality."

"Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed."

"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."

"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!"

"Kein Schiff trägt uns besser in ferne Länder, als ein Buch."