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Anne Sexton quotes: Became a woman who learned her own skin and dug into her soul and found it full. Became a woman who learned her own skin and dug into her soul and found it full.
Anne Sexton quotes: I am a collection of dismantled almosts. I am a collection of dismantled almosts.
Anne Sexton quotes: Mood can be as important as sense. Mood can be as important as sense.
Anne Sexton quotes: I am alone here in my own mind. There is no map and there is no road. It is one of a kind just as yours is. I am alone here in my own mind. There is no map and there is no road. It is one of a kind just as yours is.
Anne Sexton quotes: Despite my asbestos gloves,the cough is filling me with black,and a red powder seeps through my veins ... Despite my asbestos gloves,
the cough is filling me with black,
and a red powder seeps through my veins ...
Anne Sexton quotes: When I lie down to love,old dwarf heart shakes her head.Like an imbecile she was born old. When I lie down to love,
old dwarf heart shakes her head.
Like an imbecile she was born old.
Anne Sexton quotes: My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretendthat all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end. My husband sings Baa Baa black sheep and we pretend
that all's certain and good, that the marriage won't end.
Anne Sexton quotes: Out of used furniture she made a tree. Out of used furniture she made a tree.
Anne Sexton quotes: I was born doing reference work in sin, and bornconfessing it. This is what poems are. I was born doing reference work in sin, and born
confessing it. This is what poems are.
Anne Sexton quotes: Take the brown eyes of my father,those gun shots, those mean muds.Bury them.Take the blue eyes of my mother,naked as the sea ... Take the brown eyes of my father,
those gun shots, those mean muds.
Bury them.
Take the blue eyes of my mother,
naked as the sea ...
Anne Sexton quotes: God is only mocked by believers. God is only mocked by believers.
Anne Sexton quotes: This is what poems are:with mercyfor the greedy,they are the tongue's wrangle,the world's pottage, the rat's star. This is what poems are:
with mercy
for the greedy,
they are the tongue's wrangle,
the world's pottage, the rat's star.
Anne Sexton quotes: There is an animal inside me,clutching fast to my heart,a huge crab. There is an animal inside me,
clutching fast to my heart,
a huge crab.
Anne Sexton quotes: Manis a bird full of mud,I say aloud.And death looks on with a casual eyeand scratches his anus. Man
is a bird full of mud,
I say aloud.
And death looks on with a casual eye
and scratches his anus.
Anne Sexton quotes: To die whole,riddled with nothingbut desire for it,is like breakfastafter love. To die whole,
riddled with nothing
but desire for it,
is like breakfast
after love.
Anne Sexton quotes: Not that it was beautiful, but that I found some order there. Not that it was beautiful, but that I found some order there.
Anne Sexton quotes: I'm the crazy one who thinks that words reach people. I'm the crazy one who thinks that words reach people.
Anne Sexton quotes: Today life opened inside me like an egg ... Today life opened inside me like an egg ...
Anne Sexton quotes: The joy that isn't shared dies young. The joy that isn't shared dies young.
Anne Sexton quotes: Some women marry houses. Some women marry houses.
Anne Sexton quotes: The body is a damn hard thing to kill. The body is a damn hard thing to kill.
Anne Sexton quotes: Thumbs grow into my throat.I wear slaps like a spot of rouge. Thumbs grow into my throat.
I wear slaps like a spot of rouge.
Anne Sexton quotes: I planned to sufferand I cannot. I planned to suffer
and I cannot.
Anne Sexton quotes: 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 quotes: I am not lazy.I am on the amphetamine of the soul.I am, each day,typing out the Godmy typewriter believes in. I am not lazy.
I am on the amphetamine of the soul.
I am, each day,
typing out the God
my typewriter believes in.
Anne Sexton quotes: The real me lives in words, not in what words mean. The real me lives in words, not in what words mean.
Anne Sexton quotes: Death, with one-eyed jack in his hand,makes a promise to the thirteenth child. Death, with one-eyed jack in his hand,
makes a promise to the thirteenth child.
Anne Sexton quotes: My business is words. Words are like labels,or coins, or better, like swarming bees. My business is words. Words are like labels,
or coins, or better, like swarming bees.
Anne Sexton quotes: The snow has quietness in it; no songs,no smells, no shouts or traffic.When I speakmy own voice shocks me. The snow has quietness in it; no songs,
no smells, no shouts or traffic.
When I speak
my own voice shocks me.
Anne Sexton quotes: There is no word for time.Today we willnot think to number another summeror watch its white bird into the ground. There is no word for time.
Today we will
not think to number another summer
or watch its white bird into the ground.
Anne Sexton quotes: 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 quotes: Inside many of usis a small old manwho wants to get out. Inside many of us
is a small old man
who wants to get out.
Anne Sexton quotes: There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss. There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.
Anne Sexton quotes: The place I live in is a kind of maze and I keep seeking the exit or the home. The place I live in is a kind of maze and I keep seeking the exit or the home.
Anne Sexton quotes: All I am is the trick of words writing themselves. All I am is the trick of words writing themselves.
Anne Sexton quotes: It's all a matter of history.Brandy is no solace.Librium only lies me downlike a dead snow queen.Yes! I am still the criminal. It's all a matter of history.
Brandy is no solace.
Librium only lies me down
like a dead snow queen.
Yes! I am still the criminal.
Anne Sexton quotes: I rot on the wall, my ownDorian Gray. I rot on the wall, my own
Dorian Gray.
Anne Sexton quotes: Poetry led me by the hand out of madness. Poetry led me by the hand out of madness.
Anne Sexton quotes: Life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack. Life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack.
Anne Sexton quotes: There is hope.There is hope everywhere.Today God give milkand I have the pail. There is hope.
There is hope everywhere.
Today God give milk
and I have the pail.
Anne Sexton quotes: No. Not really red,but the color of a rose when it bleeds. No. Not really red,
but the color of a rose when it bleeds.
Anne Sexton quotes: I leave you, home,when I'm ripped from the doorstepby commerce or fate. Then I submitto the awful subway of the world ... I leave you, home,
when I'm ripped from the doorstep
by commerce or fate. Then I submit
to the awful subway of the world ...
Anne Sexton quotes: For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed his heat at us and therefore we did not cringe at the death hole. For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed his heat at us and therefore we did not cringe at the death hole.
Anne Sexton quotes: I'm lost. And it's my own fault. It's about time I figured out that I can't ask people to keep me found. I'm lost. And it's my own fault. It's about time I figured out that I can't ask people to keep me found.
Anne Sexton quotes: Our bodies were trash.We leave them on the shore. Our bodies were trash.
We leave them on the shore.
Anne Sexton quotes: Now he is goneas you are gone.But he belongs to me like lost baggage. Now he is gone
as you are gone.
But he belongs to me like lost baggage.
Anne Sexton quotes: Hesitate in August. Be shy. Let your toes tremble in their sandals. However, pick the grape and eat with confidence. Hesitate in August.
Be shy.
Let your toes tremble in their sandals.
However, pick the grape
and eat with confidence.
Anne Sexton quotes: It was as if a morning-glory had bloomed in her throat, and all that blue and small pollen ate into my heart, violent and religious It was as if a morning-glory had bloomed in her throat, and all that blue and small pollen ate into my heart, violent and religious
Anne Sexton quotes: Jesus saw the multitudes were hungryand He said, Oh Lord,send down a short-order cook. Jesus saw the multitudes were hungry
and He said, Oh Lord,
send down a short-order cook.
Anne Sexton quotes: Someone is dead.Even the trees know it,those poor old dancers who come on lewdly,all pea-green scarfs and spine pole. Someone is dead.
Even the trees know it,
those poor old dancers who come on lewdly,
all pea-green scarfs and spine pole.
Anne Sexton quotes: Think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well:larger than a sail, over the fog and the blastof the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings! Think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well:
larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast
of the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings!
Anne Sexton quotes: Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises. Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises.
Anne Sexton quotes: For I could not read or speak and on the long nights I could not turn the moon off or count the lights of cars across the ceiling. For I could not read or speak and on the long nights I could not turn the moon off or count the lights of cars across the ceiling.
Anne Sexton quotes: One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is "Whatever you do, don't be boring." One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is "Whatever you do, don't be boring."
Anne Sexton quotes: I fear I will be ripped open and found unsightly. I fear I will be ripped open and found unsightly.
Anne Sexton quotes: The marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor's knot. The marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor's knot.
Anne Sexton quotes: Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself,Counting this row and that row of moccasinsWaiting on the silent shelf. Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself,
Counting this row and that row of moccasins
Waiting on the silent shelf.
Anne Sexton quotes: My objects dream and wear new costumes,compelled to, it seems, by all the words in my handsand the sea that bangs in my throat. My objects dream and wear new costumes,
compelled to, it seems, by all the words in my hands
and the sea that bangs in my throat.
Anne Sexton quotes: I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse. I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse.
Anne Sexton quotes: With this pen I take in hand my selvesand with these dead disciples I will grapple.Though rain curses the windowlet the poem be made. With this pen I take in hand my selves
and with these dead disciples I will grapple.
Though rain curses the window
let the poem be made.
Anne Sexton quotes: It is not enough to read Hesseand drink clam chowder,we must have the answers. It is not enough to read Hesse
and drink clam chowder,
we must have the answers.
Anne Sexton quotes: What a lay me down this iswith two pink, two orange,two green, two white goodnights. What a lay me down this is
with two pink, two orange,
two green, two white goodnights.
Anne Sexton quotes: My heart is on a budget.It keeps me on the brink. My heart is on a budget.
It keeps me on the brink.
Anne Sexton quotes: I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk right by I've grown tired of love
You are the trouble with me
I watch you walk right by
Anne Sexton quotes: 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 ... 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 quotes: Somebody sees me, and I see myself through them. Then it's all gone, the whole world falls apart. Somebody sees me, and I see myself through them. Then it's all gone, the whole world falls apart.
Anne Sexton quotes: I think I've been writing black poems all along, wearing my white mask. I'm always the victim ... but no longer! I think I've been writing black poems all along, wearing my white mask. I'm always the victim ... but no longer!
Anne Sexton quotes: Now, in my middle age,about nineteen in the head I'd say,I am rowing, I am rowing ... Now, in my middle age,
about nineteen in the head I'd say,
I am rowing, I am rowing ...
Anne Sexton quotes: My mouth blooms like a cut. My mouth blooms like a cut.
Anne Sexton quotes: I am not at home in myself. I am my own stranger. I am not at home in myself. I am my own stranger.
Anne Sexton quotes: The tongue, the Chinese say, is like a sharp knife: it kills without drawing blood. The tongue, the Chinese say,
is like a sharp knife:
it kills
without drawing blood.
Anne Sexton quotes: Rocks crumble, make new forms,oceans move the continents,mountains rise up and down like ghostsyet all is natural, all is change. Rocks crumble, make new forms,
oceans move the continents,
mountains rise up and down like ghosts
yet all is natural, all is change.
Anne Sexton quotes: I have been cut in two. I have been cut in two.
Anne Sexton quotes: How you choose to lose yourself matters. Trust me, it's all in the 'how'. It matters a lot. How you choose to lose yourself matters. Trust me, it's all in the 'how'. It matters a lot.
Anne Sexton quotes: I don't care, I love you anyhow. It is too late to turn you out of my heart. Part of you lives here. I don't care, I love you anyhow. It is too late to turn you out of my heart. Part of you lives here.
Anne Sexton quotes: A starving man doesn't ask what the meal is. A starving man doesn't ask what the meal is.
Anne Sexton quotes: 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 quotes: Everyone in me is a birdI am beating all my wings Everyone in me is a bird
I am beating all my wings
Anne Sexton quotes: We are all writing God's poem. We are all writing God's poem.
Anne Sexton quotes: Sorrow is easier than guilt. Sorrow is easier than guilt.
Anne Sexton quotes: Our children tremble in their teen-age cribs,whirling off on a thumb or a motorcycle ... Our children tremble in their teen-age cribs,
whirling off on a thumb or a motorcycle ...
Anne Sexton quotes: Suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools.They never ask why build. Suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build.
Anne Sexton quotes: The fish are naked.The fish are always awake.They are the color of old spoonsand caramels. The fish are naked.
The fish are always awake.
They are the color of old spoons
and caramels.
Anne Sexton quotes: And then I knew that the voiceof the spirits had been let inas intense as an epileptic auraand that no longer would I singalone. And then I knew that the voice
of the spirits had been let in
as intense as an epileptic aura
and that no longer would I sing
alone.
Anne Sexton quotes: Women are born twice. Women are born twice.
Anne Sexton quotes: Stop the darkness and its amputationsand find the real McCoyin the private holinessof my hands. Stop the darkness and its amputations
and find the real McCoy
in the private holiness
of my hands.
Anne Sexton quotes: Meanwhile in my head, I'm undergoing open-heart surgery. Meanwhile in my head, I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.
Anne Sexton quotes: Rejoice with the day lily for it is born for a day to live by the mailbox and glorify the roadside Rejoice with the day lily for it is born for a day to live by the mailbox and glorify the roadside
Anne Sexton quotes: To tell the truthdays are all the same sizeand words aren't much company. To tell the truth
days are all the same size
and words aren't much company.
Anne Sexton quotes: All who love have lied. All who love have lied.
Anne Sexton quotes: Everyone has left meexcept my muse,that good nurse.She stays in my hand,a mild white mouse. Everyone has left me
except my muse,
that good nurse.
She stays in my hand,
a mild white mouse.
Anne Sexton quotes: The trouble with therapy is that it makes life go backwards ... The trouble with therapy is that it makes life go backwards ...
Anne Sexton quotes: As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool. As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool.
Anne Sexton quotes: Poets are sitting in my kitchen.Why do these poets lie?Why do children get children andDid you hear what it said? Poets are sitting in my kitchen.
Why do these poets lie?
Why do children get children and
Did you hear what it said?
Anne Sexton quotes: Psychiatry is a dirty mirror ... Psychiatry is a dirty mirror ...
Anne Sexton quotes: Surely all who are locked in boxes of different sizes should have their hands held. Surely all who are locked in boxes of different sizes should have their hands held.
Anne Sexton quotes: My eyes, those sluts, those whores, would play no more. My eyes, those sluts, those whores, would play no more.
Anne Sexton quotes: I am in my own mind. I am locked in the wrong house. I am in my own mind.
I am locked in the wrong house.
Anne Sexton quotes: If someone burns out your eyeI will take your socketand use it for an ashtray. If someone burns out your eye
I will take your socket
and use it for an ashtray.
Anne Sexton quotes: My safe, safe psychosis is broken.It was hard.It was made of stone.It covered my face like a mask.But it has cracked. My safe, safe psychosis is broken.
It was hard.
It was made of stone.
It covered my face like a mask.
But it has cracked.

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