Source: My Mother: Demonology
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Famous Kathy Acker Quotes
Source: Young Lust
“What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? What other worlds?”
Source: My Mother: Demonology
Source: In Memoriam to Identity
Source: My Mother: Demonology
Source: In Memoriam to Identity
Source: Eurydice in the Underworld
Source: Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula
Source: Eurydice in the Underworld
Source: In Memoriam to Identity
“Intense sexual desire is the best thing in the world.”
Source: New York City in 1979
“It's possible to name everything and to destroy the world.”
Source: In Memoriam to Identity
Source: New York City in 1979
Source: Eurydice in the Underworld
Source: Portrait of an Eye: Three Novels
Source: My Mother: Demonology
“Whereas the slums in Hamburg are the slums of its sailors, Berlin is a big slum.”
Source: Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker
Source: Blood and Guts in High School
Source: Hannibal Lecter, my father
Source: My Mother: Demonology
Source: Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker
Source: Bodies of Work: Essays
“But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.”
“Culture is that which falsifies.”
Source: Literal Madness: Three Novels
“You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.”
“The more rapidly the water moves, the lighter it seems.”
Source: Literal Madness: Three Novels
“Love goes away when your mind goes away and then you're someone else.”
Source: Blood and Guts in High School
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
“Murder is a dream because lack is the center of both.”
Source: My Mother: Demonology
“There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.”
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
“Dreams are manifestations of identities.”
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
“I want to get out of here means I want to be innocent.”
Source: My Mother: Demonology
“Life doesn't exist inside language: too bad for me.”
Source: My Mother: Demonology
Source: Bodies of Work: Essays
“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
Source: Bodies of Work: Essays
Source: Empire of the Senseless
Source: Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker