Anne Sexton Quotes

“I am the way I am because of the way I was.”

“Love is the soil in which all love grows.”

“I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

“The town you grew up in will always be a part of you, for better or for worse.”

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”

“You are not a human being in this world, you are a poem.”

“It is not a great thing to love, and it is not a great thing to be loved.”

“The only one who can be trusted is the one who lies.”

“The poems, they are the life; they are the fire.”

“I am not a woman, I am a lioness.”

“My best friends are poets, and poets are the only people who understand me.”

“I am a woman who has loved too much and regretted too little.”

“I am a woman who has learned to live with the worst of herself.”

“I feel that I am a writer who is only just beginning.”

“You can’t live with one foot in the past and one in the future.”

“The best thing about writing is that it brings clarity to the soul.”

“Sometimes I think my soul is on fire, and the only way I can put it out is with words.”

“You can’t run from your feelings; you have to confront them.”

“Writing is the thing that makes me feel whole again.”

“I often feel like I’m living in two worlds: one in the past, one in the future.”

“You must take risks to become who you are meant to be.”

“Poetry is the language of the heart.”

“In every woman, there is a balance of fire and ice.”

“The world is not kind to those who are not kind to themselves.”

“I write because it allows me to breathe.”

“I think I will always be a work in progress.”

“I am not afraid to speak the truth.”

“I have to write because it’s the only thing that keeps me alive.”

“The most important thing you can give the world is your truth.”

“Life is too short to be anything but real.”

“The things we can’t say are the things that often matter most.”

“There is no such thing as a perfect person; we are all just trying to be our best selves.”

“When I write, I am free to be anything I want.”

“Every poem is an attempt to make sense of the world.”

“The world will never fully understand me, and that’s okay.”

“I may be broken, but I am not afraid to put the pieces together.”

“The act of creation is the most liberating thing you can do.”

“I write because it allows me to escape from the constraints of reality.”

“I’ve learned that pain is often the greatest source of inspiration.”

“Sometimes, the only way to move forward is to let go of the past.”

“Life is fragile, and sometimes we forget how precious it is.”

“The words we don’t say are just as important as the ones we do.”

“I believe that art can heal.”

“Poetry is the soul’s response to life.”

“I try to capture the emotion of a moment.”

“There is nothing more powerful than a woman who believes in herself.”

“Writing is a way to honor the pain and joy that we experience.”

“I never wanted to be just a writer, I wanted to be a force of nature.”

“I am not afraid of the darkness because I know I can write my way through it.”

“The deepest part of me is the part I can only show through my writing.”

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