Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Angela Carter
- 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.
- I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off.
- Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
- She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.
- The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.
- The wolf is carnivore incarnate and he’s as cunning as he is ferocious; once he’s had a taste of flesh then nothing else will do.
- Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different!
- We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity.
- There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we’d lived in different rooms.
- His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.
Angela Carter (1940–1992) was a British novelist, short story writer, and journalist, renowned for her unique and provocative contributions to literature. Born in Eastbourne, England, she spent her formative years in South Yorkshire before studying English at the University of Bristol. Carter’s literary career emerged in the 1960s, marked by her early interest in magic realism and feminism.
Her breakthrough came with the publication of “The Magic Toyshop” (1967), followed by a series of novels that defied conventional genres and explored themes of sexuality, mythology, and societal norms. “Nights at the Circus” (1984) and “The Bloody Chamber” (1979) solidified her reputation as a master of the fantastical and a feminist literary icon.
Carter’s works often revisited fairy tales, transforming them into dark and subversive narratives that challenged established gender roles. Her writing style blended lush prose with a keen intellectual edge, earning her critical acclaim and a dedicated readership. Beyond her novels, Carter’s essays and journalism reflected her commitment to social issues.
Angela Carter’s untimely death in 1992 marked the end of a remarkable career, but her influence endured, shaping the landscape of contemporary literature and inspiring subsequent generations of writers to push boundaries and question societal norms.
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