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It doesn't matter who my father was it matters who I remember he was.

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
Poet
Writer
Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
Death
Fathering
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Fatherhood
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Daddy
Matter
Dad
Children
Matters
Grief
Daughter
Father

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