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Emily Dickinson

~ 1830 - 1886

Emily Dickinson was an American poet known for her unique and concise style of writing. She lived from 1830 to 1886 and is recognized as one of the most important and influential poets in American literature. Despite living a reclusive life, her poetry explored themes of nature, love, death, and immortality.

  1. I wish you a kinder sea.

    Emily Dickinson
    #sea#kindness#hope

  2. 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
    #handsomeness#admiration#suspense

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

    Emily Dickinson
    #soul#experience#welcome

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

    Emily Dickinson
    #death#immortality#reflection

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

    Emily Dickinson
    #age#time#perception

  6. Beauty is not caused. It is.

    Emily Dickinson
    #beauty#existence#essence

  7. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

    Emily Dickinson
    #hope#soul#resilience

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

    Emily Dickinson
    #ecstasy#joy#life

  9. How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

    Emily Dickinson
    #nature#intrusion#wonder

  10. Forever is composed of nows.

    Emily Dickinson
    #time#existence#mindfulness