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Quote by Emily Dickinson
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I kn

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

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The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. – Emily Dickinson

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To fight aloud is very brave, but gallanter, I know, who charge within the bosom, the Cavalry of Woe. – Emily Dickinson

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Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witchs brew. – Anthony Hecht

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