Edna St. Vincent Millay: Quotes about the night

Edna St. Vincent Millay was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on night.
Edna St. Vincent Millay: 138   quotes 9   likes

“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. Vincent Millay book A Few Figs from Thistles

Misattributed
Source: Edna St. Vincent Millay, in "First Fig" from A Few Figs from Thistles (1920); said to be a motto Roald Dahl lived by.

Love , Light , Night

“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay
Heartbreaking , Missing You , Goodbye , For Father

“Night falls fast.
Today is in the past.

Blown from the dark hill hither to my door
Three flakes, then four
Arrive, then many more.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay
Past , Night