"Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to……" — Angela Carter
"Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed."
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129 Quotes by Angela Carter
Angela Carter has 129 quotes on this site.
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Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.
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Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience…
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Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.
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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she…
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To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a…
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There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer…
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The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a…
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What a joy it is to dance and sing!
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Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.
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Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults…
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A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.
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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
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