They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, gray members of …

Angela Carter
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They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, gray members of a congregation of nightmare; hark! his long wavering howl . . . an aria of fear made audible. The wolfsong is the sound of the rending you will suffer, in itself a murdering. ✨ Angela Carter (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories, Penguin Group USA
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Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. ✨ Angela Carter (1998). Shaking a Leg: Collected Writings, Penguin Group USA
The end of exile is the end of being. ✨ Angela Carter (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories, Penguin Group USA
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 … ▶
For hours, for days, for years, she had wandered endlessly within herself but never met anybody, nobody. ✨ Angela Carter (1977). The Passion of New Eve, Harcourt
So I suppose I do not know how he really looked, and, in fact, I suppose I shall never know, now, for he was plainly an object created in the mode of fantasy. His image was already present somewhere … ▶

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