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!

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

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Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

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

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

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...

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...

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

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.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

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...

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...

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...

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone; Beauty dies and fades away, but...

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone; Beauty dies and fades away, but...