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Letters are false really - they are expressions of the way you wish you were instead of the way you are.

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
Expressions
False
Letters
Expression
Instead
Wish
Really
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