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I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death I am not on his pay-roll.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Age: 58 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 22
Died: 1950
Died: October 19
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Life must go on I forget just why.
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Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread.
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Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday.
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A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.
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