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Anne Sexton Quotes

Anne Sexton quotes

American Poet November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974

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I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question the bedtime ritualwhere, on the cold bathroom tiles, I was spread out dailyand examined for flaws. I did not knowthat my bones, those solids, those pieces of sculpturewould not splinter. Anne Sexton
I must always forget how one word is able to pick out another, to manner another, until I have got something I might have said... but did not. Anne Sexton
Perhaps I am no one. True, I have a body and I cannot escape from it. I would like to fly out of my head, but that is out of the question. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren"
Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren Anne Sexton
But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. Twice I have so simply declared myself, have possessed the enemy, eaten the enemy, have taken on his craft, his magic. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Now I am going back And I have ripped my hand From your..."
Now I am going back And I have ripped my hand From your hand as I said I would And I have made it this far ... Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the..."
Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen.... Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do."
When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "being sixteen in the pants I died full of questions"
being sixteen in the pants I died full of questions Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Live or die, but don't poison everything."
Live or die, but don't poison everything. Anne Sexton
The grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "the man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never..."
the man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never again be separat? Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "All day I've builta lifetime and nowthe sun sinks toundo it."
All day I've builta lifetime and nowthe sun sinks toundo it. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery."
Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery. Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton quote: "As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off."
As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off. Anne Sexton

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