Creative Quotations from . . .
Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886) born on Dec 10
US poet. She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.
 
   
F
Beauty is not caused. It is.

R
""Hope" is the thing with feathers --
That perches in the soul --
And sings the tunes without the words --
And never stops --at all --."
A
""Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentleman can see --
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency"
N
"'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!"
K
Anger as soon as fed is dead -
'Tis starving makes it fat.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R: ""The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson," no. 254, ed. Thomas H. Johnson, 1955."
A: ""The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson," no. 185, ed. Thomas H. Johnson, 1955."
N: "In "The Ultimate Success Quotations Library," by www.cyber-nation.com, 1997."
K: ""Poems, Second Series," 1891."



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