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

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

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 /...

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...

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 is a quest and love a quarrel

Life is a quest and love a quarrel

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...

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....

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...

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...