It is when you are asking about something that you realize … - Anne Carson

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It is when you are asking about something that you realize you yourself have survived it, and so you must carry it, or fashion it into a thing that carries itself.

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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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my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
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Monster? But in my case I am right said Geryon to the
Dog they were sitting on the bluffs The dog regarded him
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