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 CARSONA man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.
More Anne Carson Quotes
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Caught between the tongue and the taste.
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Philosophy – hopeless. Yet it gives me hope.
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Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.
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He stood against the wind and let it peel him clean.
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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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Under the seams runs the pain.
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It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
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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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Poetry – poiesis means a thing made.
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Up against another human being one’s own procedures take on definition.
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My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.
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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.
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Madness and witchery as well as bestiality are conditions commonly associated with the use of the female voice in public.
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He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.
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One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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