“The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them.”
More from Anne Carson
“My personal poetry is a failure. I do not want to be a person. I want to be unbearable.”
“Very few women in public life do not worry that their voices are too high or too light or…”
“To feel anything deranges you. To be seen feeling anything strips you naked.”
“To feel anything deranges you. To be seen feeling anything strips you naked.”