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“Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.”

Quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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A compilation of personal and professional exchanges that delve into the complexities of human connection and introspection. 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

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Book:Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source: Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay

“I am not a tentative person. Whatever I do, I give up my whole self to it.”

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Book:Letters

Source: Letters

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Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay

“I am not at all in favor of hard work for its own sake; many people who work very hard indeed produce terrible things, and should most certainly not be encouraged.”

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Book:Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source: Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay

“The younger generation forms a country of its own. It has no geographical boundaries. I've talked with young Hungarians in Budapest, with young Italians in Rome, with young Frenchmen in Paris, and with young people all over. ... These young people are going to do things. They are going to change things.”

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Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.”

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“There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.”

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Book:The Unfinished Country

Source: The Unfinished Country

“There are some who become spies for money, or out of vanity and megalomania, or out of ambition, or out of a desire for thrills. But the malady of our time is of those who become spies out of idealism.”

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Book:The unfinished country: a book of American symbols

Source: The unfinished country: a book of American symbols

“I do not know if Alice in Wonderland was an original story-I was, at least, no conscious imitator in writing it-but I do know that, since it came out, something like a dozen story-books have appeared, on identically the same pattern. The path I timidly explored believing myself to be 'the first that ever burst into that silent sea'-is now a beaten high-road: all the way-side flowers have long ago been trampled into the dust: and it would be courting disaster for me to attempt that style again.”

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales

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Soul Night Energy Memories Regret Evidence Substance Rising Resolve Flood Rolling Numb Manly Fading Withered Moody Dauntless Withered Leaves

Book:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales