Top 60 Quotes by Emily Dickinson

About Emily Dickinson

These are some quotes by American author Emily Dickinson Poet, who lived between December 10, 1830 and May 15, 1886.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

Emily Dickinson

That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.

That it will never come again is what makes life sweet.

Emily Dickinson

I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind.

Emily Dickinson

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Emily Dickinson

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.

Emily Dickinson

I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.

Emily Dickinson

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

Emily Dickinson

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

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

Emily Dickinson

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

Emily Dickinson

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