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Katherine Dunn Quotes

Sometimes just looking at [my parents] I wanted to bash their heads with a tire iron. Not to kill them, just to wake them up Picture Quote #1

The institution was a cross between an orphanage and a slaughterhouse. Worst of all, it was run entirely by norms. The word alone would set my chin trembling. I would beg and grieve and he would allow that I deserved another chance Picture Quote #1

Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic results Picture Quote #1

My paintings are reflections of my own inner mysteries... they all reflect my relationship to my steadiest of companions and muses - nature and animals Picture Quote #1

There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can’t die soon enough. Time gets strange there from too much sky, too many miles from crack to crease in the flat surface of the land Picture Quote #1

It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.’ Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal Picture Quote #1

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But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie Picture Quote #1

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don’t write should be stomped on Picture Quote #1

I wanted to cry, loud and wet with the pain of love Picture Quote #1

She is suspicious and fearless and her progress is alarming Picture Quote #1

Women who pay their own rent don’t have to be nice Picture Quote #1

And they looked at her, watched her, wanted to squirt her full of baby juice Picture Quote #1

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Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass Picture Quote #1

A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born Picture Quote #1

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate Picture Quote #1

Every doorway, every intersection has a story Picture Quote #1

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers Picture Quote #1

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area Picture Quote #1

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I think that it’s really important to go away and come back Picture Quote #1

But the idea that women can’t take care of themselves still permeates our culture Picture Quote #1

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men Picture Quote #1

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized Picture Quote #1

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power Picture Quote #1

I had maggot brains that night and may have imagined half of it, and misunderstood the rest Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless Picture Quote #1

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool Picture Quote #1

The molasses voice pours into the sponge ear of the microphone and is transformed into silent, pulsing waves that radiate over a hundred miles Picture Quote #1

I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves Picture Quote #1

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out Picture Quote #1

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes just looking at [my parents] I wanted to bash their heads with a tire iron. Not to kill them, just to wake them up. (Katherine Dunn Quotes) The institution was a cross between an orphanage and a slaughterhouse. Worst of all, it was run entirely by norms. The word alone would set my chin trembling. I would beg and grieve and he would allow that I deserved another chance. (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Giving Papa time to think, as Arty put it, was like pumping random rounds into a fireworks factory. The odds favored dramatic results (Katherine Dunn Quotes) My paintings are reflections of my own inner mysteries... they all reflect my relationship to my steadiest of companions and muses - nature and animals (Katherine Dunn Quotes) There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can’t die soon enough. Time gets strange there from too much sky, too many miles from crack to crease in the flat surface of the land (Katherine Dunn Quotes) It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.’ Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real freaks never lose their appeal (Katherine Dunn Quotes) But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie (Katherine Dunn Quotes) But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don’t write should be stomped on (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I wanted to cry, loud and wet with the pain of love (Katherine Dunn Quotes) She is suspicious and fearless and her progress is alarming (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Women who pay their own rent don’t have to be nice (Katherine Dunn Quotes) And they looked at her, watched her, wanted to squirt her full of baby juice (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass (Katherine Dunn Quotes) A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Every doorway, every intersection has a story (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I come from a family of great readers and storytellers (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I think that it’s really important to go away and come back (Katherine Dunn Quotes) But the idea that women can’t take care of themselves still permeates our culture (Katherine Dunn Quotes) The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men (Katherine Dunn Quotes) The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized (Katherine Dunn Quotes) The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I had maggot brains that night and may have imagined half of it, and misunderstood the rest (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless (Katherine Dunn Quotes) In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool (Katherine Dunn Quotes) The molasses voice pours into the sponge ear of the microphone and is transformed into silent, pulsing waves that radiate over a hundred miles (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested to me from within, and that is how it evolves (Katherine Dunn Quotes) I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out (Katherine Dunn Quotes) Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do (Katherine Dunn Quotes)

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