Quotes From "Decreation" By Anne Carson

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THE PRESOCRATIC PROBLEM[all snap flags] Parmenides named his gun The Hot Power of the Stars. His gun was one, uncreated, imperishable, timeless, changeless, perfect, spherical. Spherical was the problem. Anne Carson
Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us,...
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Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go. Anne Carson
What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is...
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What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away. Anne Carson