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Quote by Anne Sexton

“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.”

Quote by Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her confessional and autobiographical poetry. Her works delved deeply into personal pain, family relationships, and social issues, profoundly influencing 20th-century poetry. more

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“Today is made of yesterday, each time I steal toward rites I do not know, waiting for the lost ingredient, as if salt or money or even lust would keep us calm and prove us whole at last.”

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Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

“Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss in every corner, scuffing the dust and the cat. Love rises like bread as we go bust.”

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“I tied down time with a rope but it came back. Then I put my head in a death bowl and my eyes shut up like clams. They didn't come back.”

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“There is no word for time. Today we will not think to number another summer or watch its white bird into the ground.”

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“Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.”

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“Suddenly I'm not half the girl I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me . . . From me to you out of my electric devil.”

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Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

“Someone is dead. Even the trees know it, those poor old dancers who come on lewdly, all pea-green scarfs and spine pole.”

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Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

“Evil is maybe lying to God. Or better, lying to love.”

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Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton