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When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.

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
Born
Inspirational
Writing
Thing

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The snow has quietness in it no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me.
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To die whole, riddled with nothing but desire for it, is like breakfast after love.
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