One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The…

Angela Carter
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One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed her and did not leave her until the night closed in catastrophe for she had no instinct for self-preservation if she was confronted by ambiguities. ✨ Angela Carter (1971). Love: a novel
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I drew the curtains to conceal the sight of my father's farewell; my spite was sharp as broken glass. ✨ Angela Carter (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories, Penguin Group USA
His touch both consoles and devastates me; I feel my heart pulse, then wither, naked as a stone on the roaring mattress while the lovely, moony night slides through the window to dapple the flanks of … ▶
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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
I am entirely alone. I and my shadow fill the universe.

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