Till the first friend dies, we think our ecstasy impersonal, but then discover that he was the cup from which we drank it, itself as yet unknown.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.