People/Edna St. Vincent Millay/Quote
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light!
First Fig (1918)
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The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky,— No higher than the soul is high.
I cannot say what loves have come and gone, I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more.
We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.
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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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