Madness and witchery as well as bestiality are conditions commonly associated with the use of the female voice in public.
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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Simply do something else and return to it later to find the problem wasn’t a problem at all. Ruptures almost always lead to a stronger project.
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He stood against the wind and let it peel him clean.
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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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It is for God to fix the time who knows no time.
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Life pulls softly inside your bindings. The pod glows – dear stench.
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We’re talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. Starting over with accuracy.
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Under the seams runs the pain.
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We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.
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There is no person without a world.
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One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.
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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.
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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.
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They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
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No need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
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I don’t read reviews and I don’t know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid.
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