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Anne Sexton Quotes: The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.
         

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.


Anne Sexton
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As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.



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Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.



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Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.



O starry night, This is how I want to die

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O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

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