Strength is not the absence of pain, but the refusal to be d... - Edna St. Vincent Millay

This quote is attributed to Edna St. Vincent Millay.

"Strength is not the absence of pain, but the refusal to be defeated by it."

Edna St. Vincent Millay Strength

Poet American 1892–1950

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"A woman should be proud of who she is."

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