WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 58ff (2.4.58-61) (1601)

Dave — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:59:56 +0000

FOOL: Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid.
Fly away, fly away, breath,
I am slain by a fair cruel maid.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 58ff (2.4.58-61) (1601)
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

Dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:16:41 +0000

And what are you that, missing you,
I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American poet
Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3
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First collected in A Few Figs from Thistles (1922).

McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)

Dave — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:34:55 +0000

Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- Letter to Whitter “Hal” Bynner and Arthur Davidson Ficke (1920)

Dave — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:09:36 +0000

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.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American poet
Letter to Whitter “Hal” Bynner and Arthur Davidson Ficke (1920)
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