All Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
- Upon this gifted age, in its dark hour falls from the sky a meteoric shower of facts; They lie unquestioned, uncombined. Wisdom enough to leech… Age
- I make bean stalks, I'm A builder, like yourself. Bean
- Heap not on this mound roses that she loved so well; why bewilder her with roses that she cannot see or smell. Bewilder
- Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday. All
- Life is a quest and love a quarrel Life
- Under my head till morning; but the rain, Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh, Upon the glass and listen for reply.... Full
- I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale… All
- Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread. Away Despair
- 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… Cut
- Let us not forget such words, and all they mean, as hatred, bitterness, and rancor greed, intolerance, bigotry; let us renew our faith and pledge… All
- Youth, have no pity; leave no farthing here For age to invest in compromise and fear. Age
- The only people I really hate are servants. They're not really human beings at all. All
- If ever I said in grief or pride, I'd tired of honest things, I lied. Grief
- It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over. Damn
- 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. Doe
- If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you Thursday - so much is true. Famous Love
- You wrote me a beautiful letter, I wonder if you meant it to be as beautiful as it was. I think you did; for somehow… Assured
- I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst. Came
- I had a little sorrow, Born of a little sin. Born
- Beauty never slumbers; All is in her name; But the rose remembers The dust from which it came. All