Quotes by Dickinson, Emily

A wounded deer leaps the highest. >>

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. >>

Let us go in; the fog is rising. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal. >>

Poetry is life distilled. >>

The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into >>

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Dickinson, Emily