I am crazy as hell, but I know it. And knowing it is a kind of sanity that makes the sickness worse.

- Anne Sexton

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

- Anne Sexton

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

- Anne Sexton

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

- Anne Sexton

Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.

- Anne Sexton

I am alone here in my own mind. There is no map and there is no road. It is one of a kind just as yours is.

- Anne Sexton

I'll Vacuum up my stale hair, I'll pay all my neighbors' bad debts, I'll write a poem called Yellow and put my lips down to drink it up.

- Anne Sexton

Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to f…

- Anne Sexton

Be careful of words, / ... they can be both daisies and bruises.

- Anne Sexton