Cayla Loy

“Everything is a naked thought that strikes.”
― Anne Carson, Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera

“When an ecstatic is asked the question, What is it that love dares the self to do? she will answer: Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.”
― Anne Carson, Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera

“What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone else’s orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away. Part of what you enjoy in a documentary technique is the sense of banditry. To loot someone else’s life or sentences and make off with a point of view, which is called “objective” because you can make anything into an object by treating it this way, is exciting and dangerous.”
― Anne Carson, Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera

“How long will it feel like burning, said the child trying to be kind.”
― Anne Carson, Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera