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Angela Carter Quotes

Angela Carter quotes

English Novelist, Writer May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992

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all white with snow as if under dustsheets, as if laid away eternally as soon as brought back from the shop, never to be seen or touched Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "The child's laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown."
The child's laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown. Angela Carter
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
I toppled off my pyrotechnic tiger and, as I plunge downwards, endlessly as Lucifer, I ask myself: "What is the most miraculous event in the world?" And I answer myself: "I am going to fall into my own arms. They stretch out to me from the bottom of the pit. Angela Carter
Abandoned lovers were often lured into the false embrace of faithless mistresses and this caused the Minister the gravest concern for he feared that one day a man would impregnate an illusion and then a generation of half-breed ghosts would befoul the city Angela Carter
They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, gray members of a congregation of nightmare; hark! his long wavering howl . . . an aria of fear made audible. The wolfsong is the sound of the rending you will suffer, in itself a murdering. Angela Carter
Then she broke down and cried onto the flowery wrapping paper. Melanie put her arms around the poor, thin body. What is Aunt Margaret made of? Birdbones and tissue paper. spun glass and straw. Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new..."
The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new world Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "There was a house we all had in common and it was called the..."
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
Angela Carter quote: "How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute..."
How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic? Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The..."
It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine. Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion..."
It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all. Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero."
This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero. Angela Carter
Angela Carter quote: "One beast and only one howls in the woods by night."
One beast and only one howls in the woods by night. Angela Carter
Like the culture that created me, I am receding into the past at a rate of knots. Soon I'll need a whole row of footnotes if anybody under thirty-five is going to comprehend the least thing I say. Angela Carter

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