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Emily Dickinson Quotes

I have a brother and sister; my mother does not care for thought, and father, too busy with his briefs to notice what we do. He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind.

Source:Letter to Mr. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (April 26, 1862)
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Emily Dickinson Quotes
  • Name: Emily Dickinson
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886
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