Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain . . .

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

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

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

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

My friends are my estate.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

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

Dying is a wild night and a new road.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.