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Emily Dickinson Quotes

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
Emily Dickinson

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Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 10, 1830
Date of Death:
May 15, 1886
Nationality:
American
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Carl Sandburg
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Walt Whitman
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Quote Keywords: Breath, Creation, Death, Initial, Life, Love Dictionary Links: Breath, Creation, Death, Initial, Life, Love

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