"Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality"
- Emily Dickinson
About this Quote
This quote by Emily Dickinson is a reflection on death and the inevitability of death. It speaks to the concept that death is a part of life, which it is something that we must accept. The speaker in the poem is accepting of death, and is not afraid of it. The speaker is also familiar with the truth that death belongs of life, and that it is something that we should all deal with eventually. The carriage in the poem is a metaphor for life, and the reality that it just holds the speaker and immortality recommends that life is limited, which death is unavoidable. The poem is a reminder that death belongs of life, which it is something that we must all accept. It is a reminder to live life to the fullest, and to make the most of the time we have.
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.
"Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die"
"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see"
