Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote

"One thing there's no getting by—
I've been a wicked girl." said I;
"But if I can't be sorry, why,
I might as well be glad!"


From "The Penitent", A Few Figs from Thistles (1922)


One thing there's no getting by— I've been a wicked girl. said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

One thing there's no getting by— I've been a wicked girl. said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

One thing there's no getting by— I've been a wicked girl. said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!

One thing there's no getting by— I've been a wicked girl. said I; But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!