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Anne Sexton Quotes: When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.
         

When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.


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Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.



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

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



I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



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

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.

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





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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.




By passing your GCSEs you prove that you’re not an idiot… But by passing your A levels you prove that you’re smart

By passing your GCSEs you prove that you’re not an idiot… But by passing your A levels you prove that you’re smart



In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.



For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.



Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.



The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.

The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.



It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?



I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.

I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.



If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships

If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships




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