Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

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

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

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

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

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

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

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

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