Anne Carson Quote
Geryon was amazed at himself. He saw Herakles just about every day now.The instant of natureforming between them drained every drop from the walls of his lifeleaving behind just ghostsrustling like an old map. He had nothing to say to anyone. He felt loose and shiny.He burned in the presence of his motherI hardly know you anymore, she said leaning against the doorway of his room.It had rained suddenly at suppertime,now sunset was startling drops at the window. Stale peace of old bedtimesfilled the room. Love does notmake me gentle or kind, thought Geryon as he and his mother eyed each otherfrom opposite shores of the light
Anne Carson
Geryon was amazed at himself. He saw Herakles just about every day now.The instant of natureforming between them drained every drop from the walls of his lifeleaving behind just ghostsrustling like an old map. He had nothing to say to anyone. He felt loose and shiny.He burned in the presence of his motherI hardly know you anymore, she said leaning against the doorway of his room.It had rained suddenly at suppertime,now sunset was startling drops at the window. Stale peace of old bedtimesfilled the room. Love does notmake me gentle or kind, thought Geryon as he and his mother eyed each otherfrom opposite shores of the light
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About Anne Carson
Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the United States and Canada since 1979, including McGill, Michigan, NYU, and Princeton.
With more than twenty books of writings and translations published to date, Carson was awarded Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships, has won the Lannan Literary Award, two Griffin Poetry Prizes, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Princess of Asturias Award, the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry, and the PEN/Nabokov Award, and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2005 for her contribution to Canadian letters.