Anne Sexton Quotes about Happiness

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The joy that isn't shared dies young.

Anne Sexton

Happiness, Joy, Inner Peace

Cinderella and the prince lived, they say, happily ever after, like two dolls in a museum case never bothered by diapers or dust, never arguing over the timing of an egg, never telling the same story twice.

Anne Sexton

Happiness, Marriage, Museums

Anne Sexton (2001). “Transformations”, p.56, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Every time I get happy the Nana-hex comes through. Birds turn into plumber's tools, a sonnet turns into a dirty joke, a wind turns into a tracheotomy, a boat turns into a corpse.

Anne Sexton

Happiness, Depression, Dirty

All the oxygen of the world was in them. All the feet of the babies of the world were in them. All the crotches of the angels of the world were in them. All the morning kisses of Philadelphia were in them.

Anne Sexton

Happiness, Baby, Morning

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