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.

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

Topics: Advice Quotes, Attention Quotes

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...

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...

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

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...

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

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

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow...

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is...

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is...