Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.
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Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.Angela Carter
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
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.
Angela Carter
It's useful when a problem comes up that you have no experience of. You then have somebody you can refer to, ... The workplace would be a far nicer place if people said 'thank you' a bit more often.
Angela Carter
Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.
Angela Carter
Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.
Angela Carter
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