Anxiety Quote by Anne Sexton

“Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.” quote by Anne Sexton — Download Open image

““Quite collected at cocktail parties, meanwhile in my head I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.””

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“From the Garden” Come, my beloved, consider the lilies. We are of little faith. We talk too much. Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering their petals without nurses or clocks. Let us consider the view: a house where white clouds decorate…

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