A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters. Angela Carter bookbottlecontainer Change image and share on social
My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. Angela Carter carrydaydeclare share on social
Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death. Angela Carter deathlifematter Change image and share on social
Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production. Angela Carter dreamhollywoodmas Change image and share on social
I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. Angela Carter adjectivechangeheart Change image and share on social
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. Angela Carter ambitionappearancecover Change image and share on social
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. Angela Carter imageintimatelyknow Change image and share on social
Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe. Angela Carter europenostalgia Change image and share on social
It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all. Angela Carter objectpassionvalue Change image and share on social
Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody. Angela Carter foolillusionworld Change image and share on social