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.

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

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Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.

The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life...

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life...

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so...

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so...

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

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

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the...

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the...

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but...

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but...

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.

I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the...

I dread no more the first white in my hair, Or even age itself, the...

If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you...

If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you...

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

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

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

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

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace...

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find...

I'm a teenager. I text at the speed of light, listen to my music too...

I'm a teenager. I text at the speed of light, listen to my music too...

Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; Love me no more, but...

Yet leave me not; yet, if thou wilt, be free; Love me no more, but...