Angela Carter Quotes about Country

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The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new world.

The invisible is only another unexplored country, a brave new world.

Angela Carter

Country, Brave New World, Invisible

Angela Carter (1993). “American ghosts & old world wonders”, Vintage

Spindly branches of buttercups were secreted among gleaming stems still moist at the roots from last night's rain that had washedand refreshed the entire wood, had dowered it in poignant transparency, the unique, inconsolable quality of rainy countries, as if all was glimpsed through tears.

Angela Carter

Country, Rain, Unique

Angela Carter (2016). “Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories”, p.81, Random House

The one-eyed man will be King in the country of the blind only if he arrives there in full possession of his partial faculties--that is, providing he is perfectly aware of the precise nature of sight and does not confuse it with second sightnor with madness.

Angela Carter

Country, Kings, Men

Angela Carter (1984). “Nights at the circus”, Vintage

What do you see when you see me?' She asked him, burying her own face in his bosom. 'Do you want the truth?' She nodded. 'The firing squad.' 'That's not the whole truth. Try again.' 'Insatiability,' he said with some bitterness. 'That's oblique but altogether too simple. Once more,' she insisted. 'One more time.' He was silent for several minutes. 'The map of a country in which I only exist by virtue of the extravagance of my metaphors.' 'Now you're being too sophisticated. And, besides, what metaphors do we have in common?

Angela Carter

Country, Simple, Squad