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

Quote by Angela Carter

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

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

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...

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...

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

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...

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...

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...

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...

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea',...

I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea',...