"A solemn thing – it was – I said – A Woman – white – to be – And wear – if God should count me fit – Her last – Eternity –"

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

"To shut me in, I understood, would be to shut me out."

"The brain is wider than the sky."

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