“I write from the Land of Violets, and from the Land of Spring...”
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
“You must let me
go first, Sue, because
I live in the Sea
always and know
the Road –
I would have drowned
twice to save
you sinking, dear,
If I could only
have covered your
Eyes so you would’nt
have seen the Water –”
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
go first, Sue, because
I live in the Sea
always and know
the Road –
I would have drowned
twice to save
you sinking, dear,
If I could only
have covered your
Eyes so you would’nt
have seen the Water –”
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
“To look at her would ruin me, and still, for one brave and guiltless second, I turn to look at her. All of her. And I see that her sunlight is still blooming. With or without me, she will go on blooming, she will always be a glorious thing. I would rather lose everything than lose her.”
― Sunburn
― Sunburn
“I must wait
a few Days
before seeing
you – You are
too momentous.
But remember
it is idolatry,
not indifference.”
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
a few Days
before seeing
you – You are
too momentous.
But remember
it is idolatry,
not indifference.”
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
“I want to be with her. She is the first and last thing that I want, but she is not the only thing. And there are so many more things that she wants, and so many more things that she deserves, but I am the only thing that she has left.”
― Sunburn
― Sunburn
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