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Emily Dickinson quotes

1830–1886 · American poet

Dickinson published only a handful of poems while alive; nearly 1,800 were found in her room after her death. We quote only poems published before 1929.

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3 quotes traced to Emily Dickinson's own work or a reliable witness.

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"Hope" is the thing with feathers.

Source: Poem 254 (published 1891)

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Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me.

Source: Poem 712 (published 1890)

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The Brain – is wider than the Sky.

Source: Poem 632 (published 1896)