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Angela Carter Quotes

Cats of all kinds weave in and out of the text; Burroughs has clearly taken to them in a big way in his old age and seems torn between a fear they will betray him into sentimentality and a resigned acceptance that a man can’t be ironic all the time Picture Quote #1

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence 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

I think it’s one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates Picture Quote #1

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world Picture Quote #1

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of Picture Quote #1

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague Picture Quote #1

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all Picture Quote #1

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome Picture Quote #1

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick Picture Quote #1

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with Picture Quote #1

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you’re faced with somebody whose needs won’t be put off Picture Quote #1

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Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of history and not its makers... Pornography is a satire on human pretensions Picture Quote #1

Just because we’re sisters under the skin doesn’t mean we’ve got much in common Picture Quote #1

The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers Picture Quote #1

We must not blame our poor symbols if they take forms that seem trivial to us, or absurd,... however paltry they may be; the nature of our life alone has determined their forms Picture Quote #1

We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity Picture Quote #1

The wolf is carnivore incarnate and he’s as cunning as he is ferocious; once he’s had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do Picture Quote #1

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His main principles were indeed as follows: everything it is possible to imagine can also exist Picture Quote #1

I see her as a series of marvellous shapes formed at random in the kaleidoscope of desire Picture Quote #1

Stars on our door, stars in our eyes, stars exploding in the bits of our brains where the common sense should have been 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

What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist? Picture Quote #1

Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different! Picture Quote #1

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He was a lovely man in many ways. But he kept on insisting on forgiving me when there was nothing to forgive Picture Quote #1

Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with Picture Quote #1

I should have liked to have had him beside me in a glass coffin, so that I could watch him all the time and he would not have been able to get away from me Picture Quote #1

I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was a very thin one Picture Quote #1

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we’d lived in different rooms Picture Quote #1

For hours, for days, for years, she had wandered endlessly within herself but never met anybody, nobody Picture Quote #1

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Cats of all kinds weave in and out of the text; Burroughs has clearly taken to them in a big way in his old age and seems torn between a fear they will betray him into sentimentality and a resigned acceptance that a man can’t be ironic all the time (Angela Carter Quotes) Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence (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) I think it’s one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates (Angela Carter Quotes) In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world (Angela Carter Quotes) In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of (Angela Carter Quotes) It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague (Angela Carter Quotes) It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all (Angela Carter Quotes) Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome (Angela Carter Quotes) The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick (Angela Carter Quotes) To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with (Angela Carter Quotes) There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you’re faced with somebody whose needs won’t be put off (Angela Carter Quotes) Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of history and not its makers... Pornography is a satire on human pretensions (Angela Carter Quotes) Just because we’re sisters under the skin doesn’t mean we’ve got much in common (Angela Carter Quotes) The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers (Angela Carter Quotes) We must not blame our poor symbols if they take forms that seem trivial to us, or absurd,... however paltry they may be; the nature of our life alone has determined their forms (Angela Carter Quotes) We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity (Angela Carter Quotes) The wolf is carnivore incarnate and he’s as cunning as he is ferocious; once he’s had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do (Angela Carter Quotes) His main principles were indeed as follows: everything it is possible to imagine can also exist (Angela Carter Quotes) I see her as a series of marvellous shapes formed at random in the kaleidoscope of desire (Angela Carter Quotes) Stars on our door, stars in our eyes, stars exploding in the bits of our brains where the common sense should have been (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) What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist? (Angela Carter Quotes) Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different! (Angela Carter Quotes) He was a lovely man in many ways. But he kept on insisting on forgiving me when there was nothing to forgive (Angela Carter Quotes) Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with (Angela Carter Quotes) I should have liked to have had him beside me in a glass coffin, so that I could watch him all the time and he would not have been able to get away from me (Angela Carter Quotes) I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was a very thin one (Angela Carter Quotes) There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we’d lived in different rooms (Angela Carter Quotes) For hours, for days, for years, she had wandered endlessly within herself but never met anybody, nobody (Angela Carter Quotes)

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