Anne Sexton Quotes
Letters are false really - they are expressions of the way you wish you were instead of the way you are.
Sexton, Anne. Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters. Edited by Linda Gray Sexton and Lois Ames, Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
This famous quotation illustrates the perfect political reply to a personal attack. In one short sentence, Lincoln denied the charge, obtained the sympathy of the audience, demonstrated that he was not stuck-up, entertained the crowd, and gave everyone there a story to tell about him afterward—the perfect oratorical response.
Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with depression, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom it was later alleged she physically and sexually assaulted.
