“We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come down and break. Let me spread my legs.”

—  Kathy Acker

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American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet 1947–1997

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