Animal Quote by Nicole Brossard
“The text moves like a small crustacean with compound eye and complex nervous system; throbbing, involuted, it becomes a parasite on a different body, animal, using ‘filiform protrusions through which it sucks the vital juices of its host.’ Parasite or creature in mutation on the shore, torrid / delirium: mordant mortality, systematic competition the narrator against the I, leaking gas, a lapse of memory against a promise, an inset in a book. A muscular, involuntary bulging in the breast, circling all its inner surface: mesoblast: visceral.”
About This Quote
Source Poem: “Parasite” by Nicole Brossard, 1998
The passage uses vivid biological metaphor to explore how ideas or emotions can infiltrate and dominate a host, reflecting internal conflict and transformation.
In simple terms: Ideas can parasitize the mind, altering identity.
Key Takeaway
Guard your thoughts and emotions.
Themes
identity
conflict
transformation
Mood
introspective
thoughtful
Type
poetic
analytical
When to use this quote
- creative writing
- therapy
- personal growth
Key Concepts
metaphor
psychology
parasite
Questions to Reflect On
- What thoughts have you let dominate you?
- How can you reclaim agency over your mind?
