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Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes: I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
         

I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.


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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.



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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!



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Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.



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I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.



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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.



Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.



Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.





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