I am one of the lingering bad ones, and so do I slink away, and pause, and ponder, and ponder, and pause, and do work without knowing why - not surely for this brief world, and more sure it is not for heaven - and I ask what this message of Christ means.

Emily Dickinson

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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

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We turn not older with years but newer every day. by Emily Dickinson

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

Emily Dickinson
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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

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

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

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If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson 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.

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Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not te... by Emily Dickinson

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

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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.

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Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. by Emily Dickinson

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

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I dwell in possibility. by Emily Dickinson

I dwell in possibility.

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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.

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The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care by Emily Dickinson

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

Emily Dickinson
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Forever is composed of nows. by Emily Dickinson

Forever is composed of nows.

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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believ... by Emily Dickinson

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

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

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

Emily Dickinson
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I think of love, and you, and my heart grows full and warm, and my breath stands still... I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose.

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The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a b... by Emily Dickinson

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

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

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

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

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

Emily Dickinson
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind--

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

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

Emily Dickinson
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