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title: "17 Picket fences Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Picket fences quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Picket fences sayings and thoughts."
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> [One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/one-can-t-build-little-white-picket-fences-to-keep-nightmares-out/)

[Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/)

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> [“I want to picket white picket fences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-want-to-picket-white-picket-fences/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [“ONE CAN'T BUILD LITTLE WHITE PICKET FENCES TO KEEP NIGHTMARES OUT. -Anne Sexton”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-mccreight/one-can-t-build-little-white-picket-fences-to-keep-nightmares-out-2/)

[Kimberly McCreight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-mccreight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/kimberly-mccreight-29809_dream_one-can-t-build-little-white-picket-fenc_2296773.jpg)

> [“Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/beyond-the-picket-fences-and-the-oil-wells-the-happy-endings-and-the/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/tim-mcgraw-3313_broken-dreams_beyond-the-picket-fences-and-the-oil-wel_2647009.png)

> [Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-eddy/ever-wonder-why-people-are-so-determined-to-reach-for-white-picket/)

[Chuck Eddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-eddy/)

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> [Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-dickinson/healthy-boundaries-are-important-but-you-may-be-building-a-brick-wall/)

[Amy Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-dickinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/amy-dickinson-8789_boundaries_healthy-boundaries-are-important-but-you_2002519.jpg)

> [Everyone gives 'Picket Fences' credit for being so willing to delve into issues that now would be no big deal. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-marie-combs/everyone-gives-picket-fences-credit-for-being-so-willing-to-delve/)

[Holly Marie Combs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-marie-combs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/holly-marie-combs-17232_ahead_everyone-gives-picket-fences-credit-for_2271466.jpg)

> [“Farmers don’t picket government corruption, they picket fences. Let this be a lesson in love and the proper way to separate churlish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/farmers-don-t-picket-government-corruption-they-picket-fences-let/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

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> [I’d like to have a nice home set up, with a couple of dogs, and a fence, white picket fence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-starr/i-d-like-to-have-a-nice-home-set-up-with-a-couple-of-dogs-and-a-fence/)

[Martin Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-starr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/martin-starr-33483_animal_i-d-like-to-have-a-nice-home-set-up-with_2988515.jpg)

> [Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/whether-the-borders-that-divide-us-are-picket-fences-or-national/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/jimmy-carter-479_borders_whether-the-borders-that-divide-us-are-p_1760261.jpg)

> [I was trying my damnedest to lead a conventional life, for that was how I was brought up, and it was what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/i-was-trying-my-damnedest-to-lead-a-conventional-life-for-that-was/)

[Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/anne-sexton-645_conventional-life_i-was-trying-my-damnedest-to-lead-a-conv_2295434.png)

> [I've always loved the drama and the creating of a role and performance and all that comes with that, but I then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-kidman/i-ve-always-loved-the-drama-and-the-creating-of-a-role-and/)

[Nicole Kidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-kidman/)

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> [All I wanted was a little piece of life, to be married, to have children… I was trying my damnedest to lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/all-i-wanted-was-a-little-piece-of-life-to-be-married-to-have/)

[Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/anne-sexton-645_being-married_all-i-wanted-was-a-little-piece-of-life_1384161.png)

> [And we carry onWhen our lives come undoneWe carry onCause there's promise in the morning sunWe carry onAs the dark surrenders to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/and-we-carry-onwhen-our-lives-come-undonewe-carry-oncause-there-s/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/tim-mcgraw-3313_born_and-we-carry-onwhen-our-lives-come-undon_685584.png)

> [So it seems that because of every syndrome and disorder we've invented in the past twenty years, the Los Angeles Times reported…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-titus/so-it-seems-that-because-of-every-syndrome-and-disorder-we-ve/)

[Christopher Titus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-titus/)

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> [My childhood was elegant homes, tree lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lynch/my-childhood-was-elegant-homes-tree-lined-streets-the-milkman/)

[David Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lynch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/david-lynch-911_airplane_my-childhood-was-elegant-homes-tree-line_641033.jpg)

> [When you have a young kid you can't go out much at night, so I spent a lot of time at home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/when-you-have-a-young-kid-you-can-t-go-out-much-at-night-so-i-spent-a/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-mangan-13674_balance_when-you-have-a-young-kid-you-can-t-go-o_3202421.png)

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