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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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...

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.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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