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A page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.

Anne Carson

Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
Lava bread makes you passionate.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
At least half of your mind is always thinking, I’ll be leaving; this won’t last. It’s a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I’m just sad.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.
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Difficult Interval Poet
Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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Demand Explanation Pain Principle Quality
We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.
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Help Myself Pursue Religion
Up against another human being one’s own procedures take on definition.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don’t gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
Madness and witchery as well as bestiality are conditions commonly associated with the use of the female voice in public.
ANNE CARSON

Condition Female Madness Public Voice Witch
Comfortable means gradually more and more flattened down, more and more blunt – less and less sharp and biting into you.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
Each night about this time he puts on sadness like a garment and goes on writing.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur
I never had much education in English poetry as such.
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Education Myself Poetry
Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.
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Power Word Yourself
Do you remember when they taught cursive in schools? I think they don’t anymore. But I still enjoy it – just the physical act and all the – the whole business of making a thing out of language.
ANNE CARSON

Anand Thakur

A page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.

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