American - Poet | November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974
God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.
Anne Sexton
GodBeerVoiceSoftBrownFull
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
FatherRememberMatterMattersWho
Live or die, but don't poison everything.
LiveDieEverythingPoison
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
ModerationSaintsJustPoetsNor
The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot.
BeautifulWritingSayingBetterSex
Death's in the good-bye.
DeathGood-Bye
I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.
I AmImmortalAm
Even without wars, life is dangerous.
LifeDangerousWithoutEvenWars
Need is not quite belief.
BeliefNeedQuite
The joy that isn't shared dies young.
JoyYoungSharedDies
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
SoulDownListenHardCloseYour
In a dream you are never eighty.
YouDreamNeverEighty
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