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Anne Sexton Quotes

Suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build Picture Quote #1

Yesterday I did not want to be borrowed but this is the typewriter that sits before me and love is where yesterday is at Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Talk to me about sadness. I talk about it too much in my own head but I never mind others talking about it either; I occasionally feel like I tremendously need others to talk about it as well Picture Quote #1

Consider a girl who keeps slipping off, arms limp as old carrots, into the hypnotist's trance, into a spirit world speaking with the gift of tongues Picture Quote #1

I tell you what you'll never really know: all the medical hypothesis that explained my brain will never be as true as these struck leaves letting go Picture Quote #1

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Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup? Picture Quote #1

Somebody sees me, and I see myself through them. Then it's all gone, the whole world falls apart Picture Quote #1

And we are magic talking to itself, noisy and alone. I am queen of all my sins forgotten. Am I still lost? Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself Picture Quote #1

Not that it was beautiful, but that, in the end, there was a certain sense of order there; something worth learning in that narrow diary of my mind Picture Quote #1

The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself Picture Quote #1

Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps I am no one. True, I have a body and I cannot escape from it. I would like to fly out of my head, but that is out of the question Picture Quote #1

Death, I need my little addiction to you. I need that tiny voice who, even as I rise from the sea, all woman, all there, says kill me, kill me Picture Quote #1

I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelganger trying to get out. Beware... Beware Picture Quote #1

And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an accident of hope Picture Quote #1

Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like... you think they know something, but usually they are just messes Picture Quote #1

At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all, seeing what they sensed all day Picture Quote #1

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We talked death with burned - up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it! Picture Quote #1

I suffer for birds and fireflies but not frogs, she said, and threw him across the room. Kaboom! Like a genie out of a samovar, a handsome prince arose in the corner of the bedroom Picture Quote #1

The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not Picture Quote #1

The town does not exist except where one black haired tree slips up like a drowned woman into the hot sky Picture Quote #1

The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me Picture Quote #1

Then all this became history. Your hand found mine. Life rushed to my fingers like a blood clot. Oh, my carpenter, the fingers are rebuilt. They dance with yours Picture Quote #1

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And I. I too. Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head I'm undergoing open heart surgery Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering their petals without nurses or clocks Picture Quote #1

I am unbalanced - but I am not mad with snow. I am mad the way young girls are mad, with an offering, an offering… I burn the way money burns Picture Quote #1

I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse Picture Quote #1

For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed his heat at us and therefore we did not cringe at the death hole Picture Quote #1

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Suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build (Anne Sexton Quotes) Yesterday I did not want to be borrowed but this is the typewriter that sits before me and love is where yesterday is at (Anne Sexton Quotes) 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) Talk to me about sadness. I talk about it too much in my own head but I never mind others talking about it either; I occasionally feel like I tremendously need others to talk about it as well (Anne Sexton Quotes) Consider a girl who keeps slipping off, arms limp as old carrots, into the hypnotist's trance, into a spirit world speaking with the gift of tongues (Anne Sexton Quotes) I tell you what you'll never really know: all the medical hypothesis that explained my brain will never be as true as these struck leaves letting go (Anne Sexton Quotes) Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup? (Anne Sexton Quotes) Somebody sees me, and I see myself through them. Then it's all gone, the whole world falls apart (Anne Sexton Quotes) And we are magic talking to itself, noisy and alone. I am queen of all my sins forgotten. Am I still lost? Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself (Anne Sexton Quotes) Not that it was beautiful, but that, in the end, there was a certain sense of order there; something worth learning in that narrow diary of my mind (Anne Sexton Quotes) The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself (Anne Sexton Quotes) Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one (Anne Sexton Quotes) Perhaps I am no one. True, I have a body and I cannot escape from it. I would like to fly out of my head, but that is out of the question (Anne Sexton Quotes) Death, I need my little addiction to you. I need that tiny voice who, even as I rise from the sea, all woman, all there, says kill me, kill me (Anne Sexton Quotes) I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelganger trying to get out. Beware... Beware (Anne Sexton Quotes) And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an accident of hope (Anne Sexton Quotes) Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like... you think they know something, but usually they are just messes (Anne Sexton Quotes) At night the bats will beat on the trees, knowing it all, seeing what they sensed all day (Anne Sexton Quotes) We talked death with burned - up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it! (Anne Sexton Quotes) I suffer for birds and fireflies but not frogs, she said, and threw him across the room. Kaboom! Like a genie out of a samovar, a handsome prince arose in the corner of the bedroom (Anne Sexton Quotes) The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not (Anne Sexton Quotes) The town does not exist except where one black haired tree slips up like a drowned woman into the hot sky (Anne Sexton Quotes) 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) Then all this became history. Your hand found mine. Life rushed to my fingers like a blood clot. Oh, my carpenter, the fingers are rebuilt. They dance with yours (Anne Sexton Quotes) And I. I too. Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head I'm undergoing open heart surgery (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 (Anne Sexton Quotes) Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering their petals without nurses or clocks (Anne Sexton Quotes) I am unbalanced - but I am not mad with snow. I am mad the way young girls are mad, with an offering, an offering… I burn the way money burns (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 (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 (Anne Sexton Quotes)

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