Emily Dickinson Prompts
An assortment of phrases suitable for prompts taken from the poems of Emily Dickinson. Note: I made very few grammatical, technical changes to some of the original sentences to make them fit RP writing. Adjust as necessary to fit pronoun and/or descriptor. In case of Multimuse, don't forget to specify which one/s. Reblog, please do not repost or add.
“ Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ”
“ If, indeed, I fail, at least to know the worst is sweet. ”
“ If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. ”
“ A wounded deer leaps highest. ”
“ Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect when it began, or if there was a day when it was not. ”
“ What liberty a loosened spirit brings! ”
“ The little toil of love, I thought, was large enough for me. ”
“ I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too? ”
“ Hope is a thing with feathers that perches the soul, and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. ”
“ Delight becomes pictorial when viewed through pain. ”
“ Somewhere in my soul I know I've met the thing before. It just reminded me it was all, and came my way no more. ”
“ Is heaven a physician? They say that he can heal. ”
“ Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see. ”
“ I took my power in my hand and went against the world. ”
“ Was it Goliath who was too large, or only I too small? ”
“ Remorse is cureless, the disease not even god can heal.. ”
“ I, many times, had thought peace had come, when peace was far away. ”
“ I said I gained it. That was all. ”
“ Your riches taught me poverty. ”
“ What if I say I shall not wait? ”
“ Will there really be a morning? Is there such a thing as day? ”
“ A death blow is a life blow to some who, until they died, did not alive become. ”
“ Triumph may be of several kinds. ”
“ Hope is a sudden glutton. ”
“ Heaven is what I cannot reach! ”
“ A word is dead when it is said, some say. ”
“ God's residence is next to mine; his furniture is love. ”
“ Are friends delight or pain? ”
“ Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. ”
“ It dropped so low in my regard I heard it hit the ground. ”
“ The past is such a curious creature. ”
“ Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation and the exponent of breath. ”
“ To lose you is sweeter than to gain all other hearts I knew. ”
“ Poor little heart! Did they forget you? ”
“ We outgrow love like other things. ”
