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

— Kathy Acker

Don Quixote (1986)
Context: Even a woman who has the soul of a pirate, at least pirate morals, even a woman who prefer loneliness to the bickerings and constraints of heterosexual marriage, even such a woman who is a freak in our society needs a home.
Even freaks needs homes, countries, language, communication.
The only characteristic freaks share is our knowledge that we don't fit in. Anywhere. Is it for you, freaks, my loves, I am writing and it is about you.

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

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