"Under the seams runs the pain."

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Source : Anne Carson (1998). “Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse”, Knopf

Anne Carson

#Running Quotes #Pain Quotes

“There has been enough blood in the Balkans. Serbia is offering its hand. Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.”
“Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law.”
“Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.”
“If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.”
“Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.”
“Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.”
“If you plan your work, you will not find yourself standing on the corner wondering where to go next.”
“It doesn't matter whom you love or where you move from or to, you always take yourself with you. If you don't know who you are, or if you've forgotten or misplaced her, then you'll always feel as if you don't belong. Anywhere.”

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