More From Angela Carter
- "Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them."
- "What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?"
- "It’s every woman’s tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we’ve known some lovely female impersonators, in our time."
More In Death
- "Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way."― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- "Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition."― Stanislav Grof
- "We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring."― Michael Stipe