Want Quotes by Anne Sexton

13 Want quotes by Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton’s thirteen verses cut straight to the heart of longing, blending raw emotion with stark imagery. Even in this compact set, her poetic voice makes each line feel like a confession whispered in the dark.

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To be without God is to be a snake / who wants to swallow an elephant.

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O starry night, This is how I want to die

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Inside many of us is a small old man who wants to get out.

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I want to be a child and not a mother, and I feel guilty about this.

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Oh thumb, I want a drink it is dark, where are the big people, when will I get there...?

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Yesterday I did not want to be borrowed but this is the typewriter that sits before me and love is where yesterday…

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I want to kiss God on His nose and watch Him sneeze and so do you. Not out of disrespect. Out of…

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Then God spoke to me and said: People say only good things about Christmas. If they want to say something bad, they…

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Suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build.

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The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.

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But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. Twice I have…

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Images are probably the most important part of the poem. First of all you want to tell a story, but images are…

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Love? Be it man. Be it woman. It must be a wave you want to glide in on, give your body to…

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I want to kiss God on His nose and watch Him sneeze and so do you. Not out of disrespect. Out of pique. Out…

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I, in my brand new body, which was not a woman's yet, told the stars my questions and thought God could really see the…

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Father, you died once, salted down at fifty-nine, packed down like a big snow angel, wasn't that enough?

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

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