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Anne Sexton Quotes

Anne Sexton quotes

American Poet November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974

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Anne Sexton quote: "Death's in the good-bye."
Death's in the good-bye. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to..."
We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it! Anne Sexton
God went out of me as if the sea dried up like sandpaper, as if the sun became a latrine. God went out of my fingers. They became stone. My body became a side of mutton and despair roamed the slaughterhouse. Anne Sexton
I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelgangertrying to get out. Beware... Beware... Anne Sexton
She is so naked and singular. She is the sum of yourself and your dream. Climb her like a monument, step after step. She is solid. Anne Sexton
Look to your heartthat flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayersbut God has one. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a..."
The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer."
God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "God owns heaven but He craves the earth."
God owns heaven but He craves the earth. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for,..."
Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "I like you; your eyes are full of language."
I like you; your eyes are full of language. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "I am God, la de dah."
I am God, la de dah. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "In a dream you are never eighty."
In a dream you are never eighty. Anne Sexton
And if I triedto give you something else, something outside myself, you would not knowthat the worst of anyonecan be, finally, an accident of hope Anne Sexton
And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate lock. Then one of us will shout,"My need is more desperate!" and. I will eat you slowly with kisseseven though the killer in youhas gotten out. Anne Sexton

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