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The only characteristic freaks share is our knowledge that we don't fit in.

— Kathy Acker Don Quixote (1986)

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The German Romantics had to destroy the same bastions we do.

Empire of the Senseless (1988)

Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.

Empire of the Senseless (1988)

"Why are they ashamed and miserable?"
"They're repenting they're white.

Don Quixote (1986)

It's all up to you, girls. You have to be strong. These are the days of post-women's liberation. You have grown up by now and you have to take care of yourself. No one's going to help you.

Love goes away when your mind goes away and then you're someone else.

Blood and Guts in High School (1978)

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