The joy that isn't shared dies young.

Quote by Anne Sexton

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Death's in the good-bye.

Death's in the good-bye.

In a dream you are never eighty

In a dream you are never eighty

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

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

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

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...

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

Need is not quite belief.

Need is not quite belief.

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

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

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...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

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

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

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

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