Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.

Anne Sexton
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  3. What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul - Victor Hugo

  4. Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth,... - Unknown

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More Quotes By Anne Sexton
  1. Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth.

  2. Do you like me?” No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongueand sat between usand clogged my throat. It slaughtered my trust. It tore cigarettes out of my mouth. We exchanged blind words, and I did not cry, I did not beg, but blackness filled...

  3. Live or die, but don't poison everything.

  4. Anne, I don't want to live. Now listen, life is lovely, but I Can't Live It. I can't even explain. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>I know how silly it sounds. but if you knew how it Felt. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>To be alive, yes, alive, but not be...

  5. Wanting to Die Since you ask, most days I cannot remember. I walk in my clothing, unmarked by that voyage. Then the almost unnameable lust returns. Even then I have nothing against life. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>I know well the grass blades you mention, the furniture...

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