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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
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life is a trick, life is a kitten in a sack.
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No one to hate except the slim fish of memory that slides in and out of my brain.
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Poor thing. To die and never see Brooklyn.
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They [daisies] are my favorite flower. There is something innocent and vulnerable about them as if they thanked you for admiring them.
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The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.
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