"Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe."

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Source : Angela Carter (1993). “Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings”, Vintage Books

Angela Carter

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“Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.”
“Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.”
“People link the 80s to that very liberal theme, growing up in a very liberal world, having ideals or not having ideals. The 80s were an confusing era.”
“I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.”

Source : "Petraeus Tells White House There's Much Work to be Done" By Justin Fishel, www.foxnews.com. December 7, 2010.
“It was all very childish. Why on earth should Edward have to leave for Jacob to come over? Weren't we past this immaturity?”
“That's what I can't stand. I know I'll bounce back, and that's what I can't stand.”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt
“Post-Scarcity Age, you don't pay for things. Abundance.”
“Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.”

Source : "Double vision". Interview with Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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