You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- with…

Emily Dickinson
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You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- without a flame- E'en through the darkest night!
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. ✨ c.1860 Complete Poems, no.254 (first published 1891).
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You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- without a flame- E'en through the darkest night!

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