Poetry Quote by Emily Dickinson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A wounded dear leaps the highest”

“Heart, we will forget him!”

“We outgrow love like other things and put it in a drawer, till it an antique fashion shows like costumes grandsires wore.”

“A precious, mouldering pleasure ’tis”

“We never know how high we are”

“There is no Frigate like a Book”

“Voodoo Girl”

“What if the mightiest word is love, love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light. Love with no need to preempt grievance.”

“A pine tree standeth lonely”

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”

“A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.”

“Look to your kingdoms—”