If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

Quote by Angela Carter

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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is...

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...

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

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

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

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

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

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...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second...

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...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

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...

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...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis,...

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...

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...

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

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

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.