A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, lik… - Anne Carson

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A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.

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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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Give me a world, you have taken the world I was.

Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.

Look at me. This is nobility in a man:
to bear what falls from the gods and not say No.

A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive. - Anne Carson

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