You remember too much,” my mother said to me recently. “Why hold onto all that?” And I said, “where can I put it down?

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You remember too much,” my mother said to me recently. “Why hold onto all that?” And I said, “where can I put it down?

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The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbols never perfectly match. Eros is in between.

ANNE CARSON

The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them. The two symbols never perfectly match. Eros is in between.
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Anand Thakur
When an ecstatic is asked the question, What is it that love dares the self to do? she will answer: Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.

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When an ecstatic is asked the question, What is it that love dares the self to do? she will answer: Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
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It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.

ANNE CARSON

It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
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Anand Thakur
No one will ever make necessity not happen.

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No one will ever make necessity not happen.
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Under the seams runs the pain.

ANNE CARSON

Under the seams runs the pain.
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Anand Thakur
He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.

ANNE CARSON

He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.
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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.

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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.
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Anand Thakur
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 CARSON

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.
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Anand Thakur
Lava bread makes you passionate.

ANNE CARSON

Lava bread makes you passionate.
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Anand Thakur
Each night about this time he puts on sadness like a garment and goes on writing.

ANNE CARSON

Each night about this time he puts on sadness like a garment and goes on writing.
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Anand Thakur
The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.

ANNE CARSON

The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
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We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth– we call it life.

ANNE CARSON

We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth– we call it life.
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Anand Thakur
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 CARSON

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.
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Anand Thakur
Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.

ANNE CARSON

Why 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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You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.

ANNE CARSON

You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.
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