Edna St. Vincent Millay ( 8 of 8 )
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in read more
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?
After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends read more
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!
I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.
I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
