It was built on air and ghosts…it was truly beautiful but i… - Anne Sexton

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It was built on air and ghosts…it was truly beautiful but it died…because it tried to get real and it was never real.

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1967 for Live or Die.

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Alternative Names: Anne Gray Harvey

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It was built on air and ghosts…it was truly beautiful but it died…because it tried to get real and it was never real. - Anne Sexton

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