Anne Sexton Quotes

Biography: Anne Sexton is known for her intensely personal and confessional poetr... more Biography: Anne Sexton is known for her intensely personal and confessional poetry. A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, she explored themes of mental illness, depression, and familial relationships with raw honesty. Her collections, such as "Live or Die" and "To Bedlam and Part Way Back," remain influential in contemporary poetry. less

"The joy that isn't shared dies young""Poetry should be able to comprehend the earth""It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was""And no matter how many lovers you kill you can't kill your first""You said the anger would come back just as the love did""In a dream you are never eighty""I am younger each year at the first snow Please be my alarm clock Love and stop me in time""As it has been said Love and a cough cannot be concealed Even a small cough Even a small love""Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard"

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