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Quote by Anne Sexton

“Be careful of words, / ... they can be both daisies and bruises.”

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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

“In a letter (no matter how quickly it is written or honestly or freely or lovingly) it is more possible to be loving and lovable, more possible to reach out and to take in ... I feel I have somehow deceived you into thinking this is really a human relationship. It is a letter relationship between humans.”

Thinking Feels Humans Matter Written Letters Honestly Reach Out Deceived Human Relations Human Relationships Lovable

Author:Anne Sexton

“Letters are false really - they are expressions of the way you wish you were instead of the way you are.”

Way Wish Expression Letters Wish You

Book:Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

“I would like a simple life / yet all night I am laying / poems away in a long box.”

Long Night Simple Poet Boxes All Night Simple Life

Author:Anne Sexton

“I keep feeling that there isn't one poem being written by any one of us - or a book or anything like that. The whole life of us writers, the whole product I guess I mean, is the one long poem - a community effort if you will. It's all the same poem. It doesn't belong to any one writer - it's God's poem perhaps. Or God's people's poem.”

People Ifs Mean Long Book Whole Feelings Poetry Community Effort Written Products Whole Life

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“Poetry to me is prayer.”

Poetry Prayer

Author:Anne Sexton

“It's a little mad, but I believe I am many people. When I am writing a poem, I feel I am the person who should have written it.”

People Feels Should Writing Believe Littles Persons Self Poetry I Believe Written Should Have Mad

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“Images are the heart of poetry ... You're not a poet without imagery.”

Heart Poet Imagery

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“Psychiatry is a dirty mirror.”

Mirrors Dirty Psychiatry

Book:Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

“I am not at home in myself. I am my own stranger.”

Self Home My Own Stranger

Book:Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters

“A woman / who loves a woman / is forever young.”

Young Forever Sexuality Forever Young

Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Quote by Anne Sexton

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