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Edna St Vincent Millay Inspirational Quotes (105)

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But she was not made for any man, and she will never be all mine.
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I do not think there is a woman in whom the roots of passion shoot deeper than in me.
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it may be said of me by Harper & Brothers, that although I reject their proposals, I welcome their advances.
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Oh, children, growing up to be Adventurers into sophistry, Forbear, forbear to be of those That read the rood to learn the rose.
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Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom, golden in the green grass, This life can be. Common as a dandelion-blossom, beautiful in the clean grass, not beautiful Because common, beautiful because beautiful, Noble because common, because free.
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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.
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What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it.
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I am not afraid of lawyers as I used to be. They are lambs in wolves' clothing.
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Cut if you will with sleep's dull knife, the years from off your life, my friend! the years that death takes off my life, he'll take from off the other end!
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That is my being, the madness of an unaccustomed mood.
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And all the loveliest things there be come simply, so it seems to me.
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You see, I am a poet, and not quite right in the head, darling. It’s only that.
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One things there's no getting by, I've been a wicked girl, Says I... But, if I can't be sorry I might as well be glad !
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Beauty in all things-no, we cannot hope for that but some place set apart for it.
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O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
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Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain-- Dawn will find them still again This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start.
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Music my rampart, and my only one.
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Not Truth, but Faith it is that keeps the world alive.
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If I could have two things in one: the peace of the grave, and the light of the sun.
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A grave is such a quiet place.
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If ever I said in grief or pride, I'd tired of honest things, I lied.
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Evil alone has oil for every wheel.
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Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.
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April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
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