There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn Quotes

“I am an indication of what occurs around me. For instance, some snakes occur in forests, whereas others occur at the zoo. This is something zoos will not confess, for when you read the labels, snakes occur someplace other than in their cages.”
― Carla Harryman, There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn

“A painting walks into the room supported by the collector. It is the painting of a nude by a contemporary artist. She is scarred by shadows from venetian blinds. “The ritual scarification of light and shadow,” I say. But am thinking, silently, the female nude is the self-ironization of the male. She, in his shadow, by design.”
― Carla Harryman, There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn