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Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave.

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
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Cave
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Caves
Thinking
Soup
Depression
Boring
Light
Better
Make

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