“Whatever life brings, we'll share," she says, and "I can do no more than the best I can.” — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
Ah, but is it not the mind that is the real grace of Homo sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“I'll practice the new me in front of guests. I kind of like some of them, the guests. One has a soft, soft voice but I'm afraid he, too, may be practicing his new personality on me and that maybe he has trained himself with electric shock to his balls or some other place just as tender and soft, so… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share
“Maybe it's animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“It has been a profitable three days. In the time to knit a fairly long scarf, I have learned about the universe.” — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“When Gertrude Stein came to Ann Arbor, my mother said that all she said was, a rose is a rose is a rose is… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“Whatever life brings, we'll share," she says, and "I can do no more than the best I can.” — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
Stories do not change the world. I've learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way... I mean it's not the world I want… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
I always had plenty of ideas. I didn’t exactly have them. They grew—little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“I wanted a monument to myself in granite. I wanted my face in seven different colours. I wanted I LOVE YOU in giant red… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“It is important and salutary to speak of incomprehensible things,' they said, and so we did till dawn.” — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
“She tips back her head and howls: Moooooown! Oh wonderful moooooowwwwwyyyn!” — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
