Beauty is a simple passion, but, oh my friends, in the end … - Anne Sexton

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Beauty is a simple passion,
but, oh my friends, in the end
you will dance the fire dance in iron shoes.

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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Beauty is a simple passion, but, oh my friends, in the end you will dance the fire dance in iron shoes. - Anne Sexton

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