"Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality."

"A Book is the best of Friends — The company of books is profitable."

"I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there's a pair of us – don't tell! They'd banish us, you know."

"The Frost of Death was on the Pane —"

"I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes – I wonder if It weighs like Mine – Or has an easier size."