The soul must always stand open, ready to welcome the blissful experience.

Emily Dickinson

Hope is the winged thing that settles in the soul - and sings melodies without words - and never stops.

Emily Dickinson

If I physically feel as if the top of my head has been cut off, I know that's poetry.

Emily Dickinson

Dogs are better than humans because they know but don't tell.

Emily Dickinson

Love is the predecessor of life, the latter of death, the beginning of creation, and the exponent of breath.

Emily Dickinson

Luck is not a coincidence, it is hard work; Earning is the expensive smile of luck.

Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book to take us away from land, nor a courtyard like a page of poetry.

Emily Dickinson

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold that a fire can never warm me, I know it is poetry.

Emily Dickinson

I never had a mother. I think a mother is someone you go to when you are upset.

Emily Dickinson

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

Emily Dickinson