A page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.
Anne CarsonWhy does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.
Anne CarsonAs Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How you handle it is an index of the quality, wisdom, and decorum of the things inside you. As you handle it you come into contact with what is inside you, in a sudden and startling way. You perceive what you are, what you lack, what you could be.
Anne Carson