Quotes by Anne Carson, Antigonick

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all the tall mad mountains of her mind — Anne Carson, Antigonick
perhaps you know that Ingeborg Bachmann poemfrom the last years of her life that begins"I lose my screams"dear Antigone, — Anne Carson, Antigonick
Blessed be they whose lives do not taste of evilbut if some god shakes your houseruin arrivesruin does not leaveit comes — Anne Carson, Antigonick
There is also a fable told by Phaedrus, about how Simonides was once a victim of shipwreck. As the other passengers scur — Anne Carson, Antigonick