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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.

Angela Carter

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Angela Carter
Age: 51 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 7
Died: 1992
Died: February 16
Author
Journalist
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Translator
Writer
Eastbourne
Sussex
Angela Olive Stalker Carter
Angela Olive Carter
Angela Olive Stalker
Angela Olive Pearce
Magic
Vessel
Plug
Inside
Tight
Plugs
System
Eggs
Entrance
Within
Closed
Shiver
Space
Moves
Entrances
Moving
Shut
Virginity
Membrane
Doe
Stands
Unbroken
Membranes
Invisible
Chastity
Sealed

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