Emily Dickinson Quotes

The article provides Emily Dickinson quotes. The quotes are poetic lines written by Emily Dickinson, and the topics of the quotes are many and quite interesting. Emily Dickinson is regarded as one of the two greatest American poets of the 19th century.

Book and Reading Quote

“There is no frigate like a book

To take us lands away,

Nor any coursers like a page

Of prancing poetry.” – Emily Dickinson

Character Quote

“They say that ‘time assuages,’–

Time never did assuage;

An actual suffering strengthens,

As sinews do, with age.” – Emily Dickinson

Communications Quote

“This is my letter to the World

That never wrote to Me –

The simple News that Nature told –

With tender Majesty” – Emily Dickinson

Faith Quote

“My Faith is larger than the Hills –

So when the Hills decay –

My Faith must take the Purple Wheel

To show the Sun the way –” – Emily Dickinson

Fame Quote

“Fame is a fickle food

Upon a shifting plate

Whose table once a

Guest but not

The second time is set.” – Emily Dickinson

Gloomy Winter Day Quote

“The sky is low, the clouds are mean,

A travelling flake of snow

Across a barn or through a rut

Debates if it will go.” – Emily Dickinson

Hope Quote

“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –

That perches in the soul –

And sings the tune without the words –

And never stops – at all –” – Emily Dickinson

Identity and Privacy Quote

“I’m nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s a pair of us – don’t tell!

They’d banish us; you know!” – Emily Dickinson

Life’s Purpose Quote

“If I can stop one Heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain

If I can ease one Life the Aching,

Or cool one Pain,

Or help one fainting Robin

Unto his Nest again,

I shall not live in vain.” – Emily Dickinson

Longing for a Loved One

“If you were coming in the Fall,

I’d brush the Summer by

With half a smile, and half a spurn,

As Housewives do, a Fly.” – Emily Dickinson

Mental Distress and Confusion Quote

“I felt a cleaving in my mind

As if my brain had split;

I tried to match it, seam by seam,

But could not make them fit.” – Emily Dickinson

No Time to Hate Quote

“I had no time to Hate –

Because

The Grave would hinder me – l

And Life was not so

Ample I

Could finish—Enmity” – Emily Dickinson

Simple Life Quote

“How happy is the little Stone

That rambles in the Road alone,

And doesn’t care about Careers

And Exigencies never fears –” – Emily Dickinson

Success Quote

“Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne’er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.” – Emily Dickinson

Time Quote

“Time is a Test of Trouble –

But not a Remedy –

If such it prove, it prove too

There was no Malady –” – Emily Dickinson