It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most dem…

Angela Carter
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It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.
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In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world. ✨ Angela Carter (1984). Nights at the circus, Vintage
It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. ✨ Angela Carter (2015). Angela Carter's Book Of Wayward G … ▶
To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.
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It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

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