Anne Carson Quotes about Desire

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The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.

The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.

Anne Carson

Self, Effort, Desire

Anne Carson (2014). “Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay”, p.39, Princeton University Press

When I desire you a part of me is gone.

Anne Carson

Desire, Gone

Anne Carson (2014). “Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay”, p.30, Princeton University Press

All human desire is poised on an axis of paradox, absence and presence its poles, love and hate its motive energies.

Anne Carson

Hate, Axes, Desire

Anne Carson (2014). “Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay”, p.11, Princeton University Press

Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.

Anne Carson

Desire, And Love, Madness

Anne Carson (2009). “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”, p.35, Vintage

Desire is no light thing.

Anne Carson

Light, Desire

Anne Carson (1998). “Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse”, Knopf

You used to say. "Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness." Madness doubled is marriage I added when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce a golden rule.

Anne Carson

Desire, And Love, Golden

Anne Carson (2009). “The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos”, p.35, Vintage

Anne Carson Quotes about Desire

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