Carnality Quotes

“To determine what someone reads is to shape them.”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“Ada rose even more in my estimation at that. I realized she had got completely lost in the male narrative and her mind, which had to be both sensitive and sharp, had been absorbing fragments of it here and there and compiling them into a logical account of herself. The holy Madonna cannot simply have sex in its most basic form. The act must, of course, lead to something magnificent.”
― Lina Wolff, Köttets tid

“I had done things I shouldn’t have done, and when you’ve done things you shouldn’t, you can’t afford to be picky. You have to grab whatever bits of rope come your way and allow the hand that reaches out to you to haul you up.”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“Besides, the thing about awards is that when you get one, the award also seems to get you.”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“What is old age if not primarily the fear of no longer being relevant and of becoming an extra in a play in which you once played the lead role?”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“I’ve been having a difficult time because being a person is difficult and the choices you make are often the wrong ones, but then again incredible things sometimes happen, like the chance to make a fresh start.”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“You leaving already?” he says in response. “We haven’t even started talking.” There is something about the incomprehension in his tone, which sounds both genuinely confused and profoundly human, that makes her sit down again.”
― Lina Wolff, Carnality: A Novel

“Jag tycker om människor som kan se skönheten i ett välgjort system. Jag tycker om människor som kan se saker ur de administrativa systemens synvinkel. För man pratar alltid om systemet ur individens synvinkel, men aldrig om individen ur systemets synvinkel. Ur systemets synvinkel är individen alltid organisk och hopplöst behövande. Ur systemets synvinkel har individen alltid slagit sig på tummen med en stor hammare och behöver hjälp. Men sanningen är att individen är en myra, och ingen stoppar ett helt system för en myras helt betydelselösa smärta. Det vet jag nu.”
― Lina Wolff, Köttets tid