No Romance sold unto
No Romance sold unto Could so enthrall a Man As the perusal of His Individual One -- 'Tis Fiction's -- When 'tis small enough To Credit -- 'Tisn't true!
Emily Dickinson
No Romance sold unto Could so enthrall a Man As the perusal of His Individual One -- 'Tis Fiction's -- When 'tis small enough To Credit -- 'Tisn't true!
Dickinson says no novel you could buy would ever grip a person as fiercely as reading the story of their own singular life — what she calls “His Individual One.” Not just autobiography, but the private, unfolding narrative each of us carries inside.
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