El’s Reviews > Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay > Status Update
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"I have learned to glare with a hunted expression all about me at a corner, to elbow fiercely on occasion those fellow creatures whom I love as myself, and to run and grab, - literally GRAB a street-car! I have been here since Wednesday and I am become a hardened citizen of a heartless metropolis." (On NY, while attending Vassar, from letter to Ficke, 1913 - age 21)
— Feb 06, 2013 03:34AM
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El
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"A person who publishes a book wilfully appears before the population with his pants down. And there's nothing you can do about that." (From letter to Cora Millay - mother - 1927)
— Feb 10, 2013 10:14AM
El
is on page 105 of 384
"And then, too, it is as if I knew of a swamp of violets, & wanted to take you there, & share them with you, because you are my friend. --But all that is the least of it, my dear.--And you must never think that I don't understand.--
You will never grow old to me, or die, or be lost in any way." (From letter to Ficke, 1920)
— Feb 08, 2013 08:01PM
You will never grow old to me, or die, or be lost in any way." (From letter to Ficke, 1920)
El
is on page 102 of 384
"When are you two boys coming back here? Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the day-time, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell." (From letter to Witter Bynner, 1920)
— Feb 08, 2013 07:44PM
El
is on page 22 of 384
"As to the line you speak of - 'Did you get it from a book?' indeed! I'll slap your face." (From letter to Arthur Davison Ficke, 1912) - From now on, my work emails will include threats to slap one's face.
— Feb 05, 2013 05:32PM
