Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes & Sayings
18 most famous Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She was an American author who passed away on 18 October, 1950.
“The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.”
“Beauty is whatever gives joy.”
“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.”
“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
“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!”
“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.”
“It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over.”
“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.”
“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.”
“God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.”
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