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“I love humanity but I hate people.”

Book:The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection

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This collection includes a selection of Millay's most celebrated poems, such as 'Renascence,' 'The Love Song,' and 'The Harp-Weaver,' as well as her essays and letters, offering a deep insight into her creative process and personal life. more

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

American poet, known for her lyrical and free verse poetry. Her poems are characterized by their deep portrayal of nature, love, and the female experience. Millay won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, becoming the first woman to receive the award. more

“(About Love)The most important thing in life, and you can't tell whether people have it or not. Surely this is wrong? Surely people who are happy should look happy, at all times, no matter how much money they have or how uncomfortable their shoes are or how little their child is sleeping; and people who are doing OK but have still not found their soul-mate should look, I don't know, anxious, like Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally; and people who are desperate should wear something, a yellow ribbon maybe, which would allow them to be identified by similar desperate people.”

“If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language at its essence. It’s the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words.”

Ifs World Problem Language Teach Essence Solve Bones Poetry Is Skeletons

Author:Rita Dove

“There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.”

Years Self Moments Use Pay Practicals Motive Inner Life Scrutiny Ulterior Motive

Book:Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)

“She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.”

Ifs Men Feels Character Wise Greatness Possession Intellect Defined Reverence Good Will

Book:Good Wives: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: Good Wives: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.”

Firsts Joy Grief

Book:Robinson Crusoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe

“I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.”

People I Can Use Remember My Own Deals Wise Imagine Benefits Observing Being Wise Inconsistency

Book:The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

Source: The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

“He's a funny man, Dumbledore. I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance. I think he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know. I reckon he had a pretty good idea we were going to try, and instead of stopping us, he just taught us enough to help. I don't think it was an accident he let me find out how the Mirror worked. It's almost like he thought I had the right to face Voldemort if I could.”

“When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.”

People Office Treasure Posts Post Office

Book:The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 2) (The Annotated Books)

Source: The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 2) (The Annotated Books)

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