Forever is composed of nows.The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1994
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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.
1830–1886·lived 55 years
Forever is composed of nows.The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1994
I wish you a kinder sea.
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.Letter to Abiah Root, 1847
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, p. 123, 1994
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, p. 1, 1890
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Beauty is not caused. It is.The Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, p. 57, 1929
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.Poems, p. 123, 1890
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.Letter to T. W. Higginson, 17 August 1870
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!Dickinson/Cooper Correspondence, Letter 510, about 1877
That’s all 10 quotes by Emily Dickinson.