Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Quote by Anne Sexton

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God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.

I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Death's in the good-bye.

Death's in the good-bye.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with...

I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with...

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman...

I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman...

I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk...

I've grown tired of love You are the trouble with me I watch you walk...

Well, one gets out of bed and the planets dont always hiss or muck up...

Well, one gets out of bed and the planets dont always hiss or muck up...

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after...

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after...

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.

In a dream you are never eighty.

In a dream you are never eighty.

Need is not quite belief.

Need is not quite belief.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Belief gets in the way of learning.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false