(At the request of Lizajustme)
For those who don't know her: she was an American poetess, who lived in the nineteenth century. If you've never read any of her poems, make sure to look them up, they are beautiful! <3"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
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"Forever is composed of nows."
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"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
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"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever 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?"
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"Truth is so rare, it is delightful to tell it."
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"Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell ."
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"Saying nothing sometimes says the most."
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"The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul -- BOOKS."
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"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."
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"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."
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