You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where do I put it down? - Anne Carson

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You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that?

And I said,
Where do I put it down?

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About Anne Carson

Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, and professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan.

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Alternative Names: Anne Patricia Carson
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All myth is an enriched pattern,
a two-faced proposition,
allowing its operator to say one thing and mean another, to lead a double life.
Hence the notion found early in ancient thought that all poets are liars.
And from the true lies of poetry
trickled out a question.

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