In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.
Angela CarterThere is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer.
Angela CarterMy mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.
Angela CarterAnd, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.
Angela Carter