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This volume presents a selection of letters written by Emily Dickinson, offering insights into her personal life, thoughts, and poetic sensibilities.
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“My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!”
“The friend anguish reveals is the slowest forgot.”
“God's unique capacity is too surprising to surprise.”
“a sick room is at times too sacred a place for a friend's knock, timid as that is.”
“Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.”
“Enough is so vast a sweetness I suppose it never occurs.”
“I felt it shelter to speak to you.”
“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”