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Zoe Akins Quotes

1886–1958 United States

Zoe Byrd Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid.

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And they shall know that in the ordering
Of every world to come the law shall read
That he who dares be lawless wears the wing
Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead
On through the darkness to eventual light,
To undiscovered wealth, to newer need. ...

The Hills Grow Smaller (1937)

Mine was a love so exquisite that I
Rather than watch it wither chose to die:
So dress my grave, O friend, with no poor flower
Which in your quiet garden blooms an hour!

The Hills Grow Smaller (1937)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Zoe Akins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.