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
mind lovely age
It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.
love-you thinking want
I think I want to be in love with you but I don't know how.
men forgiving lovely
He was a lovely man in many ways. But he kept on insisting on forgiving me when there was nothing to forgive.
love-is desire
Love is desire sustained by unfulfilment.
acts-of-love chamber resemblance
There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer.
girl children lovely
The lovely Hazard girls', they used to call them. Huh. Lovely is as lovely does; if they looked like what they behave like, they'd frighten little children.
english-novelist image knew love realize relation
You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself.
care requires
I see this every day. If it's not a hand-out, if it's not free, if it requires a little work, they don't care for it.
dinner great kids rings
Dinner was awesome. Mr. Rings can cook. And the kids did great serving.
europe names nostalgia
Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.
father goddesses gods mother notion silly
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods
bit experience far nicer people problem refer somebody useful workplace
It's useful when a problem comes up that you have no experience of. You then have somebody you can refer to, ... The workplace would be a far nicer place if people said 'thank you' a bit more often.
blizzard coming dance-and-dancing danced outcasts watched
They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the louring trees, with a blizzard coming on.
mother istanbul skylines
The kind of power mothers have is enormous.