Red Doc>, Anne Carson.

― Anne Carson, Red Doc> (Alfred A. Knopf, March 5, 2013) (via Alive on All Channels)

“To feel anything deranges you. To be seen feeling anything strips you naked. In the grip of it pleasure or pain doesn’t matter. You think what will they do what new power will they acquire if they see me naked like this. If they see you feeling. You have no idea what. It’s not about them. To be seen is the penalty.” ― Anne Carson, Red Doc>

autobiography of red by anne carson/ operation hyacinth (2021)/ red doc by anne carson

— Anne Carson, Red Doc>

iv. anne carson, “plainwater: essays and poetry”

“I will never know how you see red and you will never know how I see it.”