Quotes by : Anna Kavan

There are certain shocks which, if sufficiently strong, seem to have power to destroy the balance of....

In a polished surface of metal I happen to notice my reflected face; it wears a pale, beaten lonely look,....

A human being can only endure depression up to a certain point; when this point of saturation is reached....

As her fate, she accepted the world of ice, shining, shimmering, dead; she resigned herself to the triumph....

The years passed like the steps of a staircase leading lower and lower. I did not walk any more in the....

He sees her looking at him with interest, and is encouraged to go on. 'I wouldn't be here with you now.....

The sight of the wall of water outside reassured me, giving me the idea that it made very little difference....

Foreword: Life is tension or the result of tension: without tension the creative impulse cannot exist.....

The last time she had seen him in the flesh, all the vital force of his life stripped away, his sharpened....

My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension....