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Angela Carter Quotes

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison Picture Quote #1

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation Picture Quote #1

Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through Picture Quote #1

Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that’s no answer. You’re spoiling your pretty looks, pet. Come here. She did not move. He ground out his cigarette on the window-ledge and laughed. Come here, he said again, softly. So she went Picture Quote #1

I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off Picture Quote #1

They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours at the dead end of night Picture Quote #1

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She said to the Daisy girl with her big brown eyes: ‘I will not have it plain. No. Fancy. It must be fancy!’ She meant her future. A moon-daisy dropped to the floor, down from her hair, like a faintly derisive sign from heaven Picture Quote #1

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions Picture Quote #1

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison Picture Quote #1

I drew the curtains to conceal the sight of my father’s farewell; my spite was sharp as broken glass Picture Quote #1

I haven’t changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps Picture Quote #1

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation Picture Quote #1

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By the end of the affair, she had acquired so much miserable information about men and women she almost decided to give up relationships for good Picture Quote #1

She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. from The Lady of the Haunted House Picture Quote #1

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? Picture Quote #1

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody Picture Quote #1

At the best of times, spring hurts depressives Picture Quote #1

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations Picture Quote #1

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Among the monsters, I am well hidden; who looks for a leaf in a forest? Picture Quote #1

Irish was a man of parts even if some of them didn’t work too well Picture Quote #1

Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed Picture Quote #1

Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves Picture Quote #1

I think I want to be in love with you but I don’t know how Picture Quote #1

How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic? Picture Quote #1

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It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time Picture Quote #1

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them Picture Quote #1

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters Picture Quote #1

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself Picture Quote #1

My work cuts like a steel blade at the base of a man’s penis Picture Quote #1

I know that whenever a group of women are gathered together, the grandmother always makes a phantom appearance, hovering above them Picture Quote #1

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Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison (Angela Carter Quotes) The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation (Angela Carter Quotes) Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through (Angela Carter Quotes) Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that’s no answer. You’re spoiling your pretty looks, pet. Come here. She did not move. He ground out his cigarette on the window-ledge and laughed. Come here, he said again, softly. So she went (Angela Carter Quotes) I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off (Angela Carter Quotes) They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours at the dead end of night (Angela Carter Quotes) She said to the Daisy girl with her big brown eyes: ‘I will not have it plain. No. Fancy. It must be fancy!’ She meant her future. A moon-daisy dropped to the floor, down from her hair, like a faintly derisive sign from heaven (Angela Carter Quotes) Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. (Angela Carter Quotes) Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison. (Angela Carter Quotes) I drew the curtains to conceal the sight of my father’s farewell; my spite was sharp as broken glass. (Angela Carter Quotes) I haven’t changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. (Angela Carter Quotes) The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. (Angela Carter Quotes) By the end of the affair, she had acquired so much miserable information about men and women she almost decided to give up relationships for good. (Angela Carter Quotes) She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. from The Lady of the Haunted House (Angela Carter Quotes) What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? (Angela Carter Quotes) Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody (Angela Carter Quotes) At the best of times, spring hurts depressives (Angela Carter Quotes) Art need no longer be an account of past sensations (Angela Carter Quotes) Among the monsters, I am well hidden; who looks for a leaf in a forest? (Angela Carter Quotes) Irish was a man of parts even if some of them didn’t work too well (Angela Carter Quotes) Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed (Angela Carter Quotes) Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves (Angela Carter Quotes) I think I want to be in love with you but I don’t know how (Angela Carter Quotes) How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic? (Angela Carter Quotes) It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time (Angela Carter Quotes) Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them (Angela Carter Quotes) A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters (Angela Carter Quotes) You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself (Angela Carter Quotes) My work cuts like a steel blade at the base of a man’s penis (Angela Carter Quotes) I know that whenever a group of women are gathered together, the grandmother always makes a phantom appearance, hovering above them (Angela Carter Quotes)

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