Edna St. Vincent Millay

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.

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.

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.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends read more

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!

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.