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Quote by Anne Sexton

“you see, we live in a cold climate and are not permitted to kiss on the street so I made up a song that wasn't true. I made up a song called Marriage.”

Quote by Anne Sexton

Book:Love Poems

Work

This volume compiles a selection of poems that delve into the complexities of love, capturing its joys, sorrows, and enduring nature through the beauty of lyrical expression. more

Author

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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“Why are all these dolls falling out of the sky? Was there a father? Or have the planets cut holes in their nets and let our childhood out, or are we the dolls themselves, born but never fed?”

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“it was my first doll that water went into and water came out of much earlier it was the diaper I wore and the dirt thereof and my mother hating me for it”

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“At six I lived in a graveyard full of dolls, avoiding myself, my body, the suspect in its grotesque house.”

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“Man is a bird full of mud, I say aloud. And death looks on with a casual eye and scratches his anus.”

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“Daisies in water are the longest lasting flower you can give to someone. Fact. Buy daisies. Not roses.”

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“I would like to think that no one would die anymore if we all believed in daisies but the worms know better, don't they? They slide into the ear of a corpse and listen to his great sigh.”

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