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

Quote by Edna St Vincent Millay

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Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

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...

Music my rampart, and my only one.

Music my rampart, and my only one.

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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....

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 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...

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...

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

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

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 /...

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...

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...

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

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

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...