This quote is from the long, lyrical poem " The Glass Essay " published in Anne Carson's 1995 collection "Glass, Irony and God" — an entry point into the works of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate . In the poem, the narrator explores the burden of memory and obsessive desire after a failed love affair, all while regularly reflecting on Emily Brontë — an author renowned for her intense literary depiction of destructive and passionate love in " Wuthering Heights ." The poem brings several of Carson's recurring obsessions together into one work. She has repeatedly written about desire, abandonment and jealousy, and has often used other literary figures as emotional doubles, as historical anchor points to her ideas.
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