Edna St. Vincent Millay

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over. ”

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. ”

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

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. ”

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

My god is all gods in one. When I see a beautiful sunset, I worship the god of Nature; when I see a hidden action brought to light, I worship the god of Truth; when I see a bad man punished and a good man go free, I worship the god of Justice; when I see a penitent forgiven, I worship the god of Mercy. ”

It is high time we found out about this man Cummings. Let us give him every opportunity to show us at once whether he is a genius, a charlatan, or a congenital defective - and get him off our minds. ”

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race. ”