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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Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not...

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

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...

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

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...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his...

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....

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to...

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

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...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is...

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the...

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the...

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

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

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...

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...

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

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,...

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...

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...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.