When I desire you a part of me is gone.
ANNE CARSONHe was trying to fit this Herakles onto the one he knew.
More Anne Carson Quotes
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There is no person without a world.
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A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.
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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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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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The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.
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I never had much education in English poetry as such.
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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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They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
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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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Up against another human being one’s own procedures take on definition.
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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.
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Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.
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My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it.
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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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