Death's in the good-bye.
Anne Sexton

Even without wars, life is dangerous.
Anne Sexton

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

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.
Anne Sexton

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

In a dream you are never eighty.
Anne Sexton

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

Live or die, but don't poison everything.
Anne Sexton

Need is not quite belief.
Anne Sexton

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


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

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot.
Anne Sexton

The joy that isn't shared dies young.
Anne Sexton