Emily Dickinson

In such a porcelain life, one likes to be sure that all is well lest one stumble upon one's hopes in a pile of broken crockery. ”

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

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality. ”

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. ”

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. ”

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. ”

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only! ”

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

Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm. ”

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