Emily Dickinson 

Quotes written by Emily Dickinson

 

 

“Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.”

 

“A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.”

 

“Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.”

 

“Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.”

 

“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”

 

"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."

 

"They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity."

 

"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry."

 

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

 

I choose these quotes because these are some of my faviourate quotes by Emily Dickinson. These quotes can really make someone think and wonder.