Angela Carter
Angela Carter
Angela Olive Carter-Pearcewho published as Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 May 1940
passion objects
It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.
barbarians able blame
If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?
order miracle age
In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
father aeneas ruins
Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.
life unique emotional
We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to refer to them, we still drag there with us the cultural impedimenta of our social class, our parents' lives, our bank balances, our sexual and emotional expectations, our whole biographies-all the bits and pieces of our unique existences.
heart years adjectives
I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.
parent anxiety soul
Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.
ends exile
The end of exile is the end of being.
revenge thinking language
He is, I think, already pondering a magisterial project: that of buggering the English language, the ultimate revenge of the colonialised.
share reciprocity sensations
Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed.
may determined blame
we must not blame our poor symbols if they take forms that seem trivial to us, or absurd, ... however paltry they may be; the nature of our life alone has determined their forms.
eye house doe
She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. from "The Lady of the Haunted House
moon night self
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her and did not leave her until the night closed in catastrophe for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities.
names losing process
Losing their names, these things underwent a process of uncreation.