Quotes by : Anna Kavan

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

All at once I feel desperate, outraged. Why am I alone doomed to spend nights of torment, with an unseen....

I know that I'm doomed and I'm not going to struggle against my fate. I am only writing this down so....

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.....

I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.

As soon as I decided I'd have to dig down still deeper to uncover the root of my listless withdrawal....

I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously the overlapping of these planes....