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Life Quotes by Anne Sexton
- I'm hunting for the truth. It might be a kind of poetic truth, and not just a factual one, because behind everything that happens to…
- Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
- Even without wars, life is dangerous.
- All I wanted was a little piece of life, to be married, to have children.... I was trying my damnedest to lead a conventional life,…
- Poetry is my life, my postmark, my hands, my kitchen, my face.
- Then all this became history. Your hand found mine. Life rushed to my fingers like a blood clot. Oh, my carpenter, the fingers are rebuilt.…
- I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.
- The Witch's Life" When I was a child there was an old woman in our neighborhood whom we called The Witch. All day she peered…
- I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle