Quote by Angela Carter
In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man p

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of. – Angela Carter

Other quotes by Angela Carter

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world. – Angela Carter

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Age
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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

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Morals
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Love :: Relationships
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We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. – Henri Frederic Amiel

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. – Jane Austen

Constant togetherness is fine — but only for Siamese twins. – Victoria Billings

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The man who has no imagination has no wings. – Muhammad Ali

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He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”

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I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. – Henry David Thoreau

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Maybe weve been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. Its something thats open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. – John Shelton Reed

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Food