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

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.

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

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

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

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...

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

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...

In a dream you are never eighty.

In a dream you are never eighty.

In a dream you are never eighty

In a dream you are never eighty

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Need is not quite belief.

Need is not quite belief.

Death's in the good-bye.

Death's in the good-bye.

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...

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.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.