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Emily Dickinson

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

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Emily Dickinson suggests that love exists before we are born and continues even after we die, framing it as a fundamental part of existence. She also describes love as the starting point of everything created and the force that gives life its energy and meaning.

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