Anne Sexton: Zitate auf Englisch
“It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
"The Poet's Story," January 1, 1972 entry
A Small Journal (1974)
“I am a collection of dismantled almosts.”
Quelle: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
“As for me, I am a watercolor.
I wash off.”
"For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"
Love Poems (1969)
“I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.”
"Killing the Love"
45 Mercy Street (1976)
Quelle: The Complete Poems
“Even so, I must admire your skill.
You are so gracefully insane.”
"Elegy in the Classroom"
Referring to Robert Lowell
To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960)
Variante: Even so, I must admire your skill.
You are so gracefully insane.
“All day I've built
a lifetime and now
the sun sinks to
undo it.”
Quelle: The Complete Poems
“Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.”
Quelle: Complete Poems
“O starry night, This is how I want to die”
Quelle: The Complete Poems
