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So up i got in anger, and took a book i had, and put a ribbon on my hair to please a passing lad. and, "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!

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

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So Up I Got In Anger, And

Edna St. Vincent Millay

So up i got in anger, and took a book i had, and put a ribbon on my hair to please a passing lad. and, "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!

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You say: 'oh, please forgive' you say: 'oh, live and let live.' but sorry doesn't help us. sorry will not save us. sorry is just a word you find so easy to say (so you say it anyway). sorry doesn't help us. sorry won't protect us. sorry won't undo all the good gone wrong.

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I tried to concentrate on the angel's voice instead. "bella, please! bella, listen to me, please, please, please, bella, please!" he begged. yes, i wanted to say. anything. but i couldn't find my lips. "carlisle!" the angel called, agony in his perfect voice. "bella, bella, no, oh please, no, no!" and the angel was sobbing tearless, broken sobs. the angel shouldn't weep, it was wrong. i tried to find him, to tell him everything was fine, but the water was so deep, it was pressing on me, and i couldn't breathe.

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