Life Quotes Quote by Anne Sexton — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Live or die, but don't poison everything...”

“Those moments before a poem comes, when the heightened awareness comes over you, and you realize a poem is buried there somewhere, you prepare yourself. I run around, you know, kind of skipping around the house, marvelous elation. It’s as though I could fly.”

“Many women are singing together of this:”

“Do you like me?”

“I am stuffing your mouth with your”

“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”

“I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.”

““The Laughing Heart”

““To be, or not to be: that is the question:”

“Zen is a present state of mind where one honors the task they are partaking of, even if the task is sitting still and doing nothing. Zen is engrained in the Japanese way of life. You can see it everywhere: when a sushi chef delicately slices a piece of raw fish, when a retired man watches an autumn leaf fall from a tree in the park, when a mother prepares and places a cup of tea before her child. When actions and thoughts are done with mindfulness, being fully present in the moment, the person performing the action or thought gives honor to the food, an idea, a task, a person, etc.”

“The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.”