When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should ‘teach writing,’ which I have no idea how to do and don’t really believe in.
ANNE CARSON- Madness and witchery as well as bestiality are conditions commonly associated with the use of the female voice in public.
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Madness and witchery as well as bestiality are conditions commonly associated with the use of the female voice in public.
More Anne Carson Quotes
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When I began to be published, people got the idea that I should ‘teach writing,’ which I have no idea how to do and don’t really believe in.
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It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
ANNE CARSONIt takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
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I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.
ANNE CARSONI do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.
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Reality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.
ANNE CARSONReality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.
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Making is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you’ve made something, it’ll – the world will be different.
ANNE CARSONMaking is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you’ve made something, it’ll – the world will be different.
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It is when you are asking about something that you realize you yourself have survived it, and so you must carry it, or fashion it into a thing that carries itself.
ANNE CARSONIt is when you are asking about something that you realize you yourself have survived it, and so you must carry it, or fashion it into a thing that carries itself.
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No one will ever make necessity not happen.
ANNE CARSONNo one will ever make necessity not happen.
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You used to say. “Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.” Madness doubled is marriage I added when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce a golden rule.
ANNE CARSONYou used to say. “Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.” Madness doubled is marriage I added when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce a golden rule.
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He stood against the wind and let it peel him clean.
ANNE CARSONHe stood against the wind and let it peel him clean.
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One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
ANNE CARSONOne of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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I am a drop of gold he would say I am molten matter returned from the core of earth to tell you interior things.
ANNE CARSONI am a drop of gold he would say I am molten matter returned from the core of earth to tell you interior things.
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They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
ANNE CARSONThey were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
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Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.
ANNE CARSONMyths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.
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Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.
ANNE CARSONWhy does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.
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It is for God to fix the time who knows no time.
ANNE CARSONIt is for God to fix the time who knows no time.
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A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.
ANNE CARSONA man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.
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