The career of flowers differs
from ours only in inaudibleness.
~ Emily Dickinson*
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* Emily Dickinson, Letter (No. 388) to Cousins Louise and Frances Norcross, ca. April 1873. The complete letter may be viewed here. Also see "Emily Dickinson" in New York Observer, Vol. 76, August 11, 1898, p. 165 at GoogleBooks (the wording is slightly different). Significant editions of Dickinson's letters are listed here.
New York Botanical Garden's "Emily Dickinson Garden" (NPR Feature, May 2010)
A list of additional Emily Dickson resources is found in this earlier post.
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3 comments:
Your quote today made me smile effortlessly.
Beautiful!
oh yes! we are truly like the flowers! aren't we?
great quote ...
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