"The one-eyed man will be King in the……" — Angela Carter

"The one-eyed man will be King in the country of the blind only if he arrives there in full possession of his partial facultiesthat is, providing he is perfectly aware of the precise nature ofsight and does not confuse it with second sight ... nor with madness."

— Angela Carter

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