Anne Carson - Now every mortal has painand sweat is constant, but if...

Now every mortal has painand sweat is constant, but if there is anything dearer than being alive, it's dark to me. We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing(whatever it is) that glitters on the earth--we call it life. We know no other. The underworld's a blankand all the rest just fantasy.

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Now every mortal has painand sweat is constant, but if there is anything dearer than being alive, it's dark to me. We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing(whatever it is) that glitters on the earth--we call it life. We know no other. The underworld's a blankand all the rest just fantasy. Anne Carson

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mortal painand sweat constant dearer alive dark humans disastrously love thing glitters earth-- call life underworld' blankand rest fantasy

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