In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

Quote by Angela Carter

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The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately...

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more...

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more...

I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought...

I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought...