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Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.
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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it may be said of me by Harper & Brothers, that although I reject their proposals, I welcome their advances.
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.
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A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.
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After the feet of beauty fly my own.
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