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

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

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A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

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

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

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...

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my...

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my...

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.

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...

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided...

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided...

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 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.

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...

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...

He is forced to be literate about the illiterate, witty about the witless and coherent...

He is forced to be literate about the illiterate, witty about the witless and coherent...

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...