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I do think that something of the effect I have on people is to put everything on an edge where they're both infatuated with a kind of charmingness happening in the person or in the writing, and also flatly terrified by a revelation or acceptance of revelation that's almost happening, never quite totally happening.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Acceptance Almost Also Both Edge Effect Everything Happening Kind Never People Person Put Quite Revelation Something Terrified Think Totally Where Writing

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Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it's more scary to draw. It's more revealing. You can't disguise yourself in drawing.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Been Could Did Disguise Done Draw Drawer Drawing Good Had Maybe More Much Revealing Scary Writing You Yourself

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I started to learn Greek when I was in high school, the last year of high school, by accident, because my teacher knew Greek and she offered to teach me on the lunch hour, so we did it in an informal way, and then I did it at university, and that was the main thing of my life.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Accident Because Did Greek High High School Hour Informal Knew Last Last Year Learn Life Lunch Main Main Thing Me My Life Offered School She Started Teach Teacher Then Thing University Way Year

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I never had much education in English poetry as such.

~Anne Carson

Topics: Education English Had Much Never Poetry

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Poet

Born: June 21st, 1950

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