11 Quotes by Vincent Millay

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.

Life isn't one damn thing after another. It's the same damn thing again and again.

I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.

Pity me that the heart is slow to learn / What the swift mind beholds at every turn.

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! Edna St

Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? Edna St

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

I've been a wicked girl," said I: "But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!