Sexton

Famous quotes containing the word sexton:

“Jewels! Today each twig is important,
each ring, each infection, each form
is all that the gods must have meant.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Spine hog,
how do you grow?
Little steel wings
that stick into me.
Knitting needles
that stick into me.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“My ideas are a curse.
They spring from a radical discontent
with the awful order of things.
I play clown. I play carpenter. I play nurse.
I play witch.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)