Anne Sexton – Quotes Lover

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

#Anne Sexton

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

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

#Anne Sexton

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

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

#Anne Sexton

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

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

#Anne Sexton

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

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

#Anne Sexton

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.

#Anne Sexton

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

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

#Anne Sexton

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

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

#Anne Sexton

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

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

#Anne Sexton

The joy that isn't shared dies young.