Anne Sexton

"As it has been said:Love and a coughcannot be concealed.Even a small cough.Even a small love."

"Live or die, but don't poison everything."

"The grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives"

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard."

"Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance."

"Do you like me?”No answer.Silence bounced, fell off his tongueand sat between usand clogged my throat.It slaughtered my trust.It tore cigarettes out of my mouth.We exchanged blind words,and I did not cry,I did not beg,but blackness filled my ears,blackness lunged in my heart,and something that had been good,a sort of kindly oxygen,turned into a gas oven."

"Live or die, but don't poison everything."

"Fee-fi-fo-fum -Now I'm borrowed.Now I'm numb."