Anne Sexton Frases famosas
“A língua, dizem os chineses, é como uma faca afiada: mata sem tirar sangue.”
The Awful Rowing Toward God (1975)
“Não importa quem foi meu pai; importa quem eu me lembro que ele foi.”
Revista Caras, Edição 665.
Anne Sexton: Frases em inglês
“Not that it was beautiful, but that I found some order there.”
Fonte: To Bedlam and Part Way Back
“Out of used furniture she made a tree.”
Fonte: The Complete Poems
“Quite collected at cocktail parties,
meanwhile in my head
I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.”
Variante: Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.
Fonte: Transformations
Fonte: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
“I rot on the wall, my own
Dorian Gray.”
"The Double Image"
To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960)
“Why have your eyes gone into their own room?”
Anne Sexton livro Live or Die
"Your Face on the Dog's Neck"
Live or Die (1966)
"Letter Written During a January Northeaster"
All My Pretty Ones (1962)
"The Black Art"
All My Pretty Ones (1962)
“You said the anger would come back
just as the love did.”
Again and Again and Again"
Love Poems (1969)
“I was spread out daily
and examined for flaws.”
Anne Sexton livro Live or Die
"Those Times..."
Live or Die (1966)
