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“Tis not that dieing hurts us so- tis living- hurts us more.”

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Emily Dickinson was a renowned American poet of the 19th century, known for her unique poetic style and profound introspection. Her poetry is characterized by its concise form and philosophical language, often exploring themes such as life, death, nature, and religion. more

“Dad," said Will, his voice very faint. "Are you a good person?" "To you and your mother, yes, I try. But no man's a hero to himself. I've lived with me a lifetime, Will. I know everything worth knowing about myself-" "And, adding it all up...?" "The sum? As they come and go, and I mostly sit very still and tight, yes, I'm all right.”

Knows Men Trying Persons Said Stills Mother Voice Knowing Hero Dad Lifetime Comes And Goes Good Person

Author:Ray Bradbury

“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.”

Believe Courage Essentials Bravery Brave Believe In Yourself Be Brave

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.”

Lying Deceit Exquisite

Book:What is the What

Source: What is the What

“She is no longer I, she is too long ago, she is only she.”

Long Long Ago

Author:Gregory Maguire

“A little scorn is alluring.”

Littles Scorn Alluring

Author:William Congreve

“There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning.”

Silence Loneliness Eternity Profound

Book:Sula

Source: Sula

“Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her- Next time, herself!-not the trouble behind her”

Heart Next Behinds Trouble Next Time Fear Nothing

Book:Browning: Poems

Source: Browning: Poems

“But the older he grew and the more intimately he came to know his brother, the oftener the thought occurred to him that the power of working for the general welfare – a power of which he felt himself entirely destitute – was not a virtue but rather a lack of something: not a lack of kindly honesty and noble desires and tastes, but a lack of the power of living, of what is called heart – the aspiration which makes a man choose one out of all the innumerable paths of life that present themselves, and desire that alone.”

Knows Men Heart Desire Felt Virtue Path Honesty Brother Grew Taste Noble Welfare Aspiration Destitute General Welfare

Book:The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Memoirs, Letters & Essays on Art, Religion and Politics: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilych, A Confession, The Cossacks, Correspondences with Gandhi, The Kreutzer Sonata, Fables and Stories for Childrenand Many More

Source: The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Memoirs, Letters & Essays on Art, Religion and Politics: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, The Death of Ivan Ilych, A Confession, The Cossacks, Correspondences with Gandhi, The Kreutzer Sonata, Fables and Stories for Childrenand Many More

“There are many answers, none of them right, but some of them most definitely wrong.”

Life Answers

Book:My Year of Meats

Source: My Year of Meats

“When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.”

Ifs Dies

Book:The Road film tie-in

Source: The Road film tie-in

Quote by Emily Dickinson

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