Sexton

Famous quotes containing the word sexton:

“Now that you are eighteen
I give you my booty, my spoils,
my Mother & Co. and my ailments.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“The men cry,
Come, my lily,
my fringy queen,
my gaudy dear....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“what can I do with this memory?
Shake the bones out of it?
Defoliate the smile?
Stub out the chin with cigarettes?
Take the face of the man I love
and squeeze my foot into it....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)