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. Angela Carter agefemalehave Change image and share on social
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. Angela Carter aeneasageback Change image and share on social
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates. Angela Carter alignangelculture Change image and share on social
If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things? Angela Carter badbarbarianblame Change image and share on social
I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with. Angela Carter actawfulclear share on social
In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world. Angela Carter ageauthenticcredit Change image and share on social
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 avoidblamelesseasy Change image and share on social
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. Angela Carter bookbringexperience Change image and share on social
In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of. Angela Carter disposemanmythic Change image and share on social
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. Angela Carter bedconfrontationdinner Change image and share on social
