Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
Emily DickinsonRead
My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word
Interpretation
True connections can exist beyond spoken words.
Emily Dickinson highlights the profound nature of companionship that transcends verbal communication. She suggests that the depth of understanding and affection between individuals can often be felt in silence, where shared experiences and emotional resonance create a bond stronger than words could convey.
In practice
In a toast at a wedding, to celebrate the profound bond between two people who understand each other without words.
Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light.
I held a jewel in my fingers And went to sleep. The day was warm, and winds were prosy; I said: "'T will keep." I woke and chid my honest fingers,β The gem was gone; And now an amethyst remembrance Is all I own.
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!
This is the Hour of Lead- Remembered, if outlived, As freezing persons, recollect the Snow- First-Chill-then Stupor- then the letting go---
Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish
I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.
Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do not fear the night above As I fear the friends below.
There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
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