“I remember, in hot floods, the way he slept, still as death, with his face washed flat, stony as a carved tomb and exquisite. His weakness and his ravening bitter needs were terrible, and beautiful, and irresistible as an earthquake. He scalded or smothered anyone he needed, but his needing and the hurt that it caused me were the most life I have ever had. Remember what a poor thing I have always been and forgive me.” WayNeedsStillsBeautifulRememberFacesHurtPoorNeededTerribleWeaknessHotForgivingBitterFlatsFloodExquisiteIrresistibleTombsEarthquakesForgive Me Book:Geek Love: A Novel Source: Geek Love: A Novel
“But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.” StillsIdeasCareCultureTake Care Author:Katherine Dunn
“Beside Mama, in my own folding chair, with my feet sticking out in front of me, I thought about my own innards. Just a few months before I'd had no idea whether my reproductive equipment worked. There was no evidence. But that week I had become a full-fledged bleeder and was still absorbed by this first change in myself that I had ever noticed. The click and buzz of my synapses kept making the same connection. If you can change, you can also end. Death had always been a theory to me. Now I knew. The terror hurt good and I nursed it and played it like a loose tooth.” IfsFirstsStillsIdeasEndsHurtMy OwnWeekFeetFrontsTheoryMonthsEvidenceConnectionsTerrorTeethNo IdeaChairsNurseEquipmentMamaClicksBuzzFoldingSticking OutSynapses Author:Katherine Dunn
“Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.” StillsPossibilityLimitsTrainingFemaleAthleteFemale Athlete Author:Katherine Dunn
