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Autobiography of Red
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"Autobiography of Red" is a poetic novel that reimagines the myth of Geryon, a red-winged monster, as a vulnerable boy navigating love, identity, and trauma in the modern world.

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The difference between a friend and a lover is that a friend helps you move but a lover helps you move a body.

Anne Carson

friendshiplovehumor

The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might see them.

Anne Carson

wonderlife

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.

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lovelife

I am making something of my own out of my heart.

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self-discoverycreativity

The question of what makes a person a person is a difficult one.

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identity

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passersby to come and love us.

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bodyvulnerability

A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.

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happinessconnection

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

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journeyself-discovery

The question of meaning is the real question.

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meaningphilosophy

The world is full of holes.

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perceptionreality