Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay

Quotes

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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.

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.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

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

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

I went to Boston fully expecting to be arrested - arrested by a polizia created by a government that my ancestors rebelled to establish.

I went to Boston fully expecting to be arrested - arrested by a polizia created by a government that my ancestors rebelled to establish.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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