Anne Sexton

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

— Anne Sexton

The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.

— Anne Sexton

God owns heaven but He craves the earth.

— Anne Sexton

Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort

— Anne Sexton

Here in the hospital, I say, that is not my body, not my body. I am not here for the doctors to read like a recipe.

— Anne Sexton

I am still divorcing him, adding up the crimes Of how he came to me, how he left me.

— Anne Sexton

The womb is not a clock nor a bell tolling, but in the eleventh month of its life I feel the November of the body as well as of the calendar. In two days it will be my birthday and as always the earth is done with its harvest.

— Anne Sexton