Emily Dickinson citations célèbres
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson: Citations en anglais
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Love, p. 172
Collected Poems (1993)
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
“Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.”
Quoted on the web sans source. Not in the complete Poems. A 2006 self-help book attributes it verbatim to Dave Sim (see below) sans source. A 2009 reprint of Poems: Second Series mentions it in the introduction sans source (thus probably taking it from the unsourced web quote). No earlier attributions found.
Compare to a quote sourced to Dave Sim: "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon." (Cerebus #65, 1984)
Misattributed
The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized Technology (1968)
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
“The Soul selects her own Society —
Then — shuts the Door —
To her divine Majority —
Present no more”
303: The Soul selects her own Society --
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Source: Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's Poems