There is no person without a world.
ANNE CARSONDesire is no light thing.
More Anne Carson Quotes
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There is no person without a world.
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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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I never really got over the fun of making letters.
ANNE CARSONI never really got over the fun of making letters.
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The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
ANNE CARSONThe man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
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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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Desire is no light thing.
ANNE CARSONDesire is no light thing.
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I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don’t gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.
ANNE CARSONI am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don’t gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.
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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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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.
ANNE CARSONWhen 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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Could you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me. Sweet to see friends in the night, however short the time.
ANNE CARSONCould you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me. Sweet to see friends in the night, however short the 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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Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.
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Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
ANNE CARSONLove dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.
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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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No need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
ANNE CARSONNo need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
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