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"The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot."

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MORE QUOTES BY Anne Sexton

“Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.”

Anne Sexton

“As it has been said Love and a cough cannot be concealed Even a small cough Even a small love”

“Love is the truth beyond magic.”

“Life is death we are a letter to God.”

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