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
mean skins feminism
Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.
respect mean nudge-nudge
If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
fun book mean
I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous.
life art mean
Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.
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I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.
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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.
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Dinner was awesome. Mr. Rings can cook. And the kids did great serving.
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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
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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.
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They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the louring trees, with a blizzard coming on.
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The kind of power mothers have is enormous.
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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.
share reciprocity sensations
Reciprocity of sensation is not possible because to share is to be robbed.