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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

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The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. – Angela Carter

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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. – Angela Carter

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

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

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The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one. – Joan Baez

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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

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