Emily Dickinson Quotes, Thoughts and images

One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.

One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

Forever is composed of nows.

Forever is composed of nows.

You can stay young as long as you learn.

You can stay young as long as you learn.

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.

Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.

The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee.

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

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

You don't have to be a house to be haunted.

You don't have to be a house to be haunted.

This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me

This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Beauty is not caused. It is.

I have an appetite for silence.

I have an appetite for silence.

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

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

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

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

The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.

The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.

The Soul selects her Society.

The Soul selects her Society.

Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane

Pardon My Sanity In A World Insane

The past is not a package one can lay away.

The past is not a package one can lay away.

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

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

I am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too?

I am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too?

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

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

Those who have not found the heaven below will fail of it above.

Those who have not found the heaven below will fail of it above.

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

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

The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care

The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care

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

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

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

The opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.

The opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.

I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.

I could not stop for death and he did not stop for me.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.

The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Fortune befriends the bold.

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

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

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

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

I dwell in possiblities.

I dwell in possiblities.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.