Peter Carey Quote
I saw Frau Helga counting money in the stable. I saw the fair down on her arms. Once I dreamed I might kiss her. Long ago. I was at the stream washing, naked, teetering on razor shale which can amputate your toes. When Sumper touched my shoulder I jumped in fright. My private parts shrivelled like gizzards in a stockpot. He was armoured in his leather apron, a beak in his hand, but I did not know that then. He said, You will have been responsible for something far finer than you could ever conceive. I wanted only a duck. You were not born to have a duck. You were born to bring a Wonder to the world. And then he turned away and left me in my nakedness.
Peter Carey
I saw Frau Helga counting money in the stable. I saw the fair down on her arms. Once I dreamed I might kiss her. Long ago. I was at the stream washing, naked, teetering on razor shale which can amputate your toes. When Sumper touched my shoulder I jumped in fright. My private parts shrivelled like gizzards in a stockpot. He was armoured in his leather apron, a beak in his hand, but I did not know that then. He said, You will have been responsible for something far finer than you could ever conceive. I wanted only a duck. You were not born to have a duck. You were born to bring a Wonder to the world. And then he turned away and left me in my nakedness.
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Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian novelist
Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules umpire
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"Black Peter" Carey, a fictional character in The Adventure of Black Peter, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Peter Carey (Australian rules footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules player for Glenelg
Peter Carey (English footballer) (born 1933), English footballer
Peter Carey (historian) (born 1948), British historian of south-east Asia
Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian novelist
Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules umpire
Peter G. Carey (1828–1897), American politician from Pennsylvania
"Black Peter" Carey, a fictional character in The Adventure of Black Peter, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle