It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.
Angela CarterShe stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg: she is a sealed vessel; she has inside her a magic space the entrance to which is shut tight with a plug of membrane; she is a closed system; she does not know how to shiver.
Angela Carter