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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

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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Angela Carter
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Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms. – Angela Carter

Category:
Experience
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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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Love :: Relationships

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire. – W. H. Auden

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Love :: Relationships

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. – Thomas Carlyle

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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. – Lao-Tzu

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Whatever I do, its my business. Its not my job to parent America. – Christina Aguilera

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