Emily Dickinson Quotes


Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-.


Citations

Dickinson, Emily. "Suspense -- is Hostiler than Death --." The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 542.

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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
  • Born: December 10, 1830
  • Died: May 15, 1886
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.