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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else
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"To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else"

- Emily Dickinson

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This quote by Emily Dickinson talks to the power of love and how it can consume us. It recommends that when we remain in love, it can be so overwhelming that it leaves little time for anything else. This could be interpreted in a few ways. It could indicate that when we are in love, we are so concentrated on that person that we don't have time for anything else. It could also mean that when we are in love, we are so consumed by the feeling that we don't have time for anything else. It could also be translated as a warning, that when we remain in love, we ought to take care not to let it take over our lives and leave us without any time for anything else. Whatever the interpretation, this quote speaks with the power of love and how it can take over our lives.

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Emily Dickinson This quote is written / told by Emily Dickinson between December 10, 1830 and May 15, 1886. She was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 44 other quotes.

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