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The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.

Anne Carson

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
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Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
Anne
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I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.
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