Anne Carson Quotes

I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.

Anne Carson

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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.

  

  Anne Carson
  • Traditions
  • Pretentious
  • Curmudgeonly