Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes

Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and playwright known for her lyrical poetry and feminist views. Her work received widespread acclaim and she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She became an influential figure in early 20th-century literature and an icon of independent womanhood. Here are 83 of her quotes:

My candle burns at both endsIt will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -It gives a lovely light. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age. The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. View quote
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It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over. View quote
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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. View quote
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. View quote
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The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. View quote
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My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going. View quote
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One thing there's no getting by- I've been a wicked girl." said I; "But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad! View quote
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It's little I know what's in my heart, What's in my mind it's little I know, But there's that in me must up and start, And it's little I care where my feet go. View quote
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I love humanity but I hate people. View quote
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Music my rampart, and my only one. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb. View quote
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A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him. View quote
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Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere. View quote
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand; Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand! View quote
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After all, my earstwhile dear, My no longer cherished, Need we say it was not love, Now that love is perished? View quote
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I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge. View quote
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She is happy where she lies With the dust upon her eyes. View quote
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Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let me die! Search the fading letters finding Steadfast in the broken binding All that once was I! View quote
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Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. View quote
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There is no God. But it does not matter. Man is enough. (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
So up I got in anger, And took a book I had, And put a ribbon on my hair To please a passing lad. And, "One thing there's no getting by -- I've been a wicked girl," said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad! View quote
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To a Young Poet Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird. Bird and wing together Go down, one feather. No thing that ever flew, Not the lark, not you, Can die as others do. View quote
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And he whose soul is flat -- the sky Will cave in on him by and by. View quote
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Life must go on; I forget just why. View quote
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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay - Image
Occupation: American Author
Born: February 22, 1892
Died: October 19, 1950
Quotes count: 83
Wikipedia: Edna St. Vincent Millay

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