Cold Quote by Angela Carter
““Outside the window, there slides past that unimaginable and deserted vastness where night is coming on, the sun declining in ghastly blood-streaked splendour like a public execution across, it would seem, half a continent, where live only bears and shooting stars and the wolves who lap congealing ice from water that holds within it the entire sky. All white with snow as if under dustsheets, as if laid away eternally as soon as brought back from the shop, never to be used or touched. Horrors! And, as on a cyclorama, this unnatural spectacle rolls past at twenty-odd miles an hour in a tidy frame of lace curtains only a little the worse for soot and drapes of a heavy velvet of dark, dusty blue.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter, 1979
A vivid, eerie description of a desolate, night‑filled landscape that feels both beautiful and terrifying, reflecting inner turmoil and the uncanny.
In simple terms: A haunting, bleak night scene that feels both beautiful.
Key Takeaway
Embrace the unsettling beauty of the unknown.
Themes
gothic
nature
psychology
beauty
terror
Mood
melancholic
intense
aesthetic
Type
literary
descriptive
gothic
When to use this quote
- night walks
- storm watching
- creative writing
- meditation on darkness
Key Concepts
surrealism
existential dread
contrast
Questions to Reflect On
- How does confronting darkness change your perception of beauty?
- What emotions arise when nature feels hostile?
A Different Perspective
The imagery may overwhelm readers seeking calm.
![“This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b92/george-mason-8435_bedfellows_this-cold-weather-has-set-all-the-young_3953.jpg)
