Emily Dickinson

Beauty is not caused. It is. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#caused

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

— Emily Dickinson

#beings #better #dogs #human #human beings

A word is dead when it's been said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#dead

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

— Emily Dickinson

#always #ecstatic #experience #ready #should

PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poetry #words #genius

Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#love

Till I loved I never lived. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#love

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#literature #meaning #power #words #literature

That I shall love always, I argue thee that love is life, and life hath immortality ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#love #life

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#inspirational