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Emily Dickinson: We must be...

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We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

Source: Letter, 1874; in Letters of Emily Dickinson, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.


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