Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep affection for the company and camaraderie of those who are often marginalized or misunderstood.
In this quote, Angela Carter highlights a profound connection with those who may be perceived as 'outsiders' or misfits. It suggests that love can be found in the companionship of those who resonate with one's own struggles, representing a bond that transcends societal norms. The 'voices of my brothers' evoke a sense of solidarity and kinship among the misunderstood, while 'the company of wolves' symbolizes strength and loyalty within this unique group.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of community and embracing diversity.
She stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg: she is a sealed vessel; she has inside her a magic space the entrance to which is shut tight with a plug of membrane; she is a closed system; she does not know how to shiver.
Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.
For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written β heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labor created our world.
Iconic clothing has been secularized. . . . A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat is red as the blood he hopes to shed. Seen on a coat-hanger, with no man inside it, the uniform loses all its blustering significance and, to the innocent eye seduced by decorative colour and tactile braid, it is as abstract in symbolic information as a parasol to an Eskimo. It becomes simply magnificent.
To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.
I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.
Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear As morning roses newly wash'd with dew. Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then I'll commend her volubility, and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.
I'm playing baseball because I love it, not because I need the money or attention. That is why I've been so dedicated. I've accomplished a lot of things no one ever thought I could, and I've done it from hard work.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there. And somehow, there was a disturbing comfort in that, and, despite myself, Iβd envision his face.
Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand
You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith.
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