The grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives
Anne SextonWriters are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you think they know something, but usually they are just messes.
Anne SextonOne of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is "Whatever you do, don't be boring."
Anne Sexton