Anne Sexton Quotes About Angels

Quotes about: Angels

• All the oxygen of the world was in them.
  All the feet of the babies of the world were in them.
  All the crotches of the angels of the world were in them.
  All the morning kisses of Philadelphia were in them.

  Anne Sexton

  Happiness, Baby, Morning

  Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

• Father,
  you died once,
  salted down at fifty-nine,
  packed down like a big snow angel,
  wasn't that enough?

  Anne Sexton

  Friends, Father, Angel

• O fallen angel,
  the companion within me,
  whisper something holy
  before you pinch me
  into the grave.

  Anne Sexton

  Angel, Holy, Graves

  Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

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