Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all.
Hope is the thing with feathers (c. 1861)
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Emily Dickinson quotes
1830-1886 · Writers and poets
American poet known for short, inventive lyric poems.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Dickinson said or wrote them.
To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.
Letter to T. W. Higginson (1872)
We turn not older with years, but newer every day.
Letter to Louise Norcross (1872)
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
If I can stop one heart from breaking (c. 1864)