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- “As it has been said: Love and a cough. cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.” ― Anne Sexton.
- “Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing. and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart. falls out of your mouth.”
- “Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.” ― Anne Sexton.
- “Anne, I don't want to live. . . . Now listen, life is lovely, but I Can't Live It. I can't even explain. I know how silly it sounds . . . but if you knew how it Felt.
Discover Anne Sexton famous and rare quotes. Share Anne Sexton quotations about heart, god and poetry. "I am a collection of dismantled almosts."
Anne Sexton. Live or die, but don't poison everything. Anne Sexton. In a dream you are never eighty. Anne Sexton. Madness is a waste of time. It creates nothing. Anne Sexton. I said to my doctor at the beginning, 'I'm no good; I can't do anything.
- Anne Sexton, Linda Gray Sexton, Lois Ames
- 1977
- “Anne, I don't want to live. . . . Now listen, life is lovely, but I Can't Live It. I can't even explain. I know how silly it sounds . . . but if you knew how it Felt.
- “I am a collection of dismantled almosts.” ― Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters.
- “I feel unspeakably lonely. And I feel - drained. It is a blank state of mind and soul I cannot describe to you as I think it would not make any difference.
- “I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse.” ― Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters.
Much like her work, Sexton’s quotes were equally famous as she explored confessional themes and gave people a new perspective to look at. Her quotes touch various aspects of life including life, death, soul, immortality, belief, and so on.
May 13, 2019 · 1 Quotes. 1.1 To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960) 1.2 All My Pretty Ones (1962) 1.3 Live or Die (1966) 1.4 Love Poems (1969) 1.5 Transformations (1971) 1.6 The Book of Folly (1972) 1.7 A Small Journal (1974) 1.8 The Awful Rowing Toward God (1975) 1.9 45 Mercy Street (1976) 1.10 Words for Dr. Y (1978) 1.11 Poems 1971-1973 (1981) 2 External links
Browse and share quotes from Anne Sexton's poetry collection, The Complete Poems. Find inspirational, confessional, and provocative lines on love, life, death, and more.