"I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?"

"Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea – Past the Houses – Past the Headlands – Into deep Eternity –"

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

"They shut me up in Prose — As when a little Girl / They put me in the Closet — Because they liked me 'still' —"

"The Tint I cannot take – is best – The Color I can own – Is poorest – Doubtless I am still Too near the Sun –"