“Letters are false really - they are expressions of the way you wish you were instead of the way you are.”
Quote by Anne Sexton
Work
Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
This book presents a candid look at the life and work of Anne Sexton through her own words. The letters, spanning several years, reveal her struggles with mental health, her relationships, and her development as a poet. more
Author
Anne Sexton
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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“I would like a simple life / yet all night I am laying / poems away in a long box.”
“Images are the heart of poetry ... You're not a poet without imagery.”
“Psychiatry is a dirty mirror.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“I am not at home in myself. I am my own stranger.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“A woman / who loves a woman / is forever young.”
Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton
“I think it will be a miracle if I don't someday end up killing myself.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“[I] have fantasies of killing myself and thus being the powerful one not the powerless one.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self Portrait in Letters