Anne Sexton Quotes

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Poetry to me is prayer. - Anne Sexton quote.
Poetry to me is prayer.
— Anne Sexton Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

poetry

Death sits with his key in my lock.
Not one day is taken for granted. - Anne Sexton quote.
Death sits with his key in my lock.
Not one day is taken for granted.
— Anne Sexton Words for Dr Y.: Uncollected Poems with Three Stories

death

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. - Anne Sexton quote.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
— Anne Sexton

memory father

But suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build. - Anne Sexton quote.
But suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build.
— Anne Sexton

suicide