Author: Angela Carter

Quotes

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

- Angela Carter

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.

- Angela Carter

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.

- Angela Carter

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome.

- Angela Carter

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

- Angela Carter

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

- Angela Carter

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.

- Angela Carter

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