It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
- Anne Sexton
Remember, I Remember, Father's Day
God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.
- Anne Sexton
God, Beer, Voice, Brown
Death's in the good-bye.
- Anne Sexton
Death, Good-Bye
God owns heaven but He craves the earth.
- Anne Sexton
God, Earth, Craves, Owns
The joy that isn't shared dies young.
- Anne Sexton
Joy, Young, Shared, Dies
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
- Anne Sexton
Soul, Ear, Your, Close
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
- Anne Sexton
Moderation, Nor, Saints, Poets
The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot.
- Anne Sexton
Sex, Feeling, Whole, Saying
In a dream you are never eighty.
- Anne Sexton
Dream, Never, You, Eighty
Live or die, but don't poison everything.
- Anne Sexton
Live, Die, Everything, Poison
Even without wars, life is dangerous.
- Anne Sexton
Without, Even, Wars, Dangerous
I am not immortal. Faustus and I are the also-ran.
- Anne Sexton
I Am, Am, Immortal
Need is not quite belief.
- Anne Sexton
Need, Quite, Belief
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