Carter key quotes Flashcards
‘My father lost me…
…to the Beast at cards.’ The Tiger’s Bride
‘When he put the gold band on my finger, I had, in some way,…
…ceased to be her child in becoming his wife.’ The Bloody Chamber
‘Antique…
…service revolver.’ The Bloody Chamber
‘It must have been my innocence…
…that captivated him.’ TBC
‘Gallery of…
…beautiful women.’ TBC
‘I sensed in myself a potentiality for corruption…
…that took my breath away.’ TBC
‘The Beast had given his horses…
…the use of the dining room.’ Tiger’s Bride
‘The Beast had chosen…
…to live in an uninhabited place.’ Tiger’s Bride
‘The Countess…
…hated her.’ Snow Child
‘The scores for which there was…
…no room in my trunks.’ TBC
‘Cut off by the tide…
…from the land for half a day.’ TBC
‘Huge congregations of plush petals…
…somehow obscene in their excess.’
‘Her beauty is a symptom…
…of her disorder, of her soullessness.’
‘She will be trapped in her own illusion…
…because everything in the wood is exactly as it seems.’ The Erl-King
‘He is the tender butcher…
…who showed me how the price of flesh is love’ The Erl-King
‘I knew from the first moment I saw him…
…how the Erl-King would do me grievous harm.’ The Erl-King
‘To ride a bicycle is in itself…
…some protection against superstitious fears’ The Lady of the House of Love
‘Now you are at…
…the place of annihilation’ The Lady of the House of Love
‘I was only an invention…
…of darkness.’ The Lady of the House of Love
‘She does not know…
…how to shiver’ The Company of Wolves
‘She ripped off…
…his shirt for him’ The Company of Wolves
‘Could this ragged girl…
…with brindled lugs have spoken like we do she would have called herself a wolf’ Wolf-Alice
