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Anne Sexton Quotes: And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an accident of hope
         

And if I tried to give you something else, something outside myself, you would not know that the worst of anyone can be, finally, an accident of hope


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



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I am a collection of dismantled almosts.



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



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As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.



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I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.



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.

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.



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Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.



O starry night, This is how I want to die

O starry night, This is how I want to die



O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

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