Emily Dickinson Quotes

I don't want to be limited or ghettoized in any way.

Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.

I am bigger than the box I'm in.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, which is to be what one is and no other.

The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of is wings is clipped an we're never going to be able to fly as high.

Clothes maketh the man. They don't make you some other man.

When my divorce came through, it was like being let out of a cage because I hadn't been true to myself before; I was being something that was expected of me.

I'm sick of people putting boxes around everyone, telling you where and how you have to fit in.

It's a blessing and a curse at the same time, the idea of genre.

I don't like labels.

I love dresses best because I enjoy being a woman.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

It is better to have wings then hornes.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

My voice and movements are restricted by the things I own.

Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings.

You... were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around... Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wing and removing its ability to fly... A bird is not defined by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations, but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image. Love is NOT the limitation; love is the flying. I AM love.

Everybody kind of gets to be the person they didn't get to be.

You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give.

Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

My philosophy is TRUTH unto me. Through expressing my individuality I become free.

You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.