Edna St Vincent Millay Famous Quotes



It's not love's going hurts my days But that it went in little ways.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another it is one damn thing over and over.

"My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light."

"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell."

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

"Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen depart, be lost, but climb."


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