Quotes by Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems

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Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge a — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
I am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watching you vomit them out upon my face. — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Only my books anoint me, and a few friends, those who reach into my veins. — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
I am God, la de dah. — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Live or die, but don't poison everything...Well, death's been herefor a long time --it has a hell of a lotto do with hel — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Many women are singing together of this: one is in a shoe factory cursing the machine, one is at the aquarium tending a — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
Taking into consideration all your lovelinesswhy can't you burn your bootsoles and yourdraft card? How can you sit there — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
I find now, swallowing one teaspoon of pain, that it drops downward to the past where it mixes with last year’s cupful a — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems
No. Not really red,but the color of a rose when it bleeds. — Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems