Anne Sexton Quotes About Jesus Christ

Quotes about: Jesus Christ

• True. There is
  a beautiful Jesus.
  He is frozen to his bones like a chunk of beef.
  How desperately he wanted to pull his arms in!
  How desperately I touch his vertical and horizontal axes!
  But I can't. Need is not quite belief.

  Anne Sexton

  Beautiful, God, Jesus

  Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Jesus saw the multitudes were hungry
  and He said, Oh Lord,
  send down a short-order cook.

  Anne Sexton

  God, Jesus, Order

  Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.195, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• I want to kiss God on His nose and watch Him sneeze
  and so do you.
  Not out of disrespect.
  Out of pique.
  Out of a man-to-man thing.

  Anne Sexton

  God, Jesus, Kissing

• Then God spoke to me and said:
  People say only good things about Christmas.
  If they want to say something bad,
  they whisper.

  Anne Sexton

  Christmas, God, Jesus

  Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• When the cow gives blood
  and the Christ is born
  we must all eat sacrifices.
  We must all eat beautiful women.

  Anne Sexton

  Beautiful, Christmas, God

  Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.200, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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