Top 60 Quotes by Emily Dickinson

About Emily Dickinson

These are some quotes by American author Emily Dickinson Poet, who lived between December 10, 1830 and May 15, 1886.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.

Emily Dickinson

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

Emily Dickinson

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.

Emily Dickinson

The brain is wider than the sky.

The brain is wider than the sky.

Emily Dickinson

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

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.

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.

Emily Dickinson

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

Emily Dickinson

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

I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind.

Emily Dickinson

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Emily Dickinson

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