I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or an…

Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, Someday you must meet my mother. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1952). Letters
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I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, Someday you must meet my mother. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (1952). Letters

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