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Anne Sexton Quotes - Page 6

My mouth blooms like a cut.

My mouth blooms like a cut.

Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Now I am going back And I have ripped my hand From your hand as I said I would And I have made it this far.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

God went out of me as if the sea dried up like sandpaper, as if the sun became a latrine.

Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

Rats live on no evil star

Anne Sexton, Linda Gray Sexton, Lois Ames (2004). “Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters”, p.423, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Some women marry houses. It's another kind of skin; it has a heart, a mouth, a liver and bowel movements.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

In an old time there was a king as wise as a dictionary.

Anne Sexton (2001). “Transformations”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Fee-fi-fo-fum - Now I'm borrowed. Now I'm numb.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.115, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

To be without God is to be a snake / who wants to swallow an elephant.

Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

My business is words. Words are like labels, or coins, or better, like swarming bees.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

No one to hate except the slim fish of memory that slides in and out of my brain.

Anne Sexton (1976). “45 Mercy Street”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Abundance is scooped from abundance yet abundance remains.

Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

The place I live in is a kind of maze and I keep seeking the exit or the home.

Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

All who love have lied.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.52, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

When they turn the sun on again I'll plant children under it, I'll light up my soul with a match and let it sing.

Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Today life opened inside me like an egg.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.117, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Let the light be called Day so that men may grow corn or take busses.

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.218, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt