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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: "Take your foot out of the graveyard, they are busy being dead."
Take your foot out of the graveyard, they are busy being dead. Anne Sexton
Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you think they know something, but usually they are just messes. Anne Sexton
I suffer for birds and firefliesbut not frogs, she said, and threw him across the room. Kaboom! Like a genie out of a samovar, a handsome prince arose in the corner of the bedroom. Anne Sexton
Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember..."
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "The soul was not cured, it was as full as a clothes closet of..."
The soul was not cured, it was as full as a clothes closet of dresses that did not fit. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "The town does not existexcept where one black-haired tree..."
The town does not existexcept where one black-haired tree slipsup like a drowned woman into the hot sky. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all,..."
At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all, seeing what they sensed all day.... Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "O starry night, This is how I want to die"
O starry night, This is how I want to die Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane."
Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "I burn the way money burns."
I burn the way money burns. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you..."
I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you vomit them out upon my face. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Rats live on no evil star"
Rats live on no evil star Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "The joy that isn't shared dies young."
The joy that isn't shared dies young. Anne Sexton

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