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Katherine Dunn quotes: Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do.

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

Katherine Dunn quotes: What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves?

What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves?

Katherine Dunn quotes: I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object.

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object.

Katherine Dunn quotes: My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.

My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.

Katherine Dunn quotes: What's bred in the bones, when you have bones, comes through. And they looked at her, watched her, wanted to squirt her full of baby juice.

What's bred in the bones, when you have bones, comes through. And they looked at her, watched her, wanted to squirt her full of baby juice.

Katherine Dunn quotes: They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.

They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.

Katherine Dunn quotes: I don't mind being lord of all I survey but I don't want to have to work at it. It just wouldn't be practical.

I don't mind being lord of all I survey but I don't want to have to work at it. It just wouldn't be practical.

Katherine Dunn quotes: [Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Katherine Dunn quotes: The whiskey looks like transparent wood in my glass.

The whiskey looks like transparent wood in my glass.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Women who pay their own rent don't have to be nice.

Women who pay their own rent don't have to be nice.

Katherine Dunn quotes: American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

Katherine Dunn quotes: It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.

It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Crystal Lil, her door propped open, sits in front of the television with a pan in her lap, a brown bag at her feet. She

Crystal Lil, her door propped open, sits in front of the television with a pan in her lap, a brown bag at her feet. She

Katherine Dunn quotes: The hope you get from religion is a three-ring, all-star hope because the risk is outrageous.

The hope you get from religion is a three-ring, all-star hope because the risk is outrageous.

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.

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: But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

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.

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: But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Pretty things will swarm you like that, like your heart was a hive of electric bees.

Pretty things will swarm you like that, like your heart was a hive of electric bees.

Katherine Dunn quotes: The top head would have controlled everything and made his poor little butt-brother miserable.

The top head would have controlled everything and made his poor little butt-brother miserable.

Katherine Dunn quotes: I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.

Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.

Katherine Dunn quotes: The classic definition of slapstick runs along the line of, Funny is someone else ramming his face repeatedly into a brick wall.

The classic definition of slapstick runs along the line of, Funny is someone else ramming his face repeatedly into a brick wall.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass.

Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass.

Katherine Dunn quotes: He must love me, i thought, amazed. A faint whiff of nausea hit me at seeing pain as proof of love, but it seemed true. Unavoidable.

He must love me, i thought, amazed. A faint whiff of nausea hit me at seeing pain as proof of love, but it seemed true. Unavoidable.

Katherine Dunn quotes: I am here, come closer," the old donkey said with her eyes. "I will mother you.

I am here, come closer," the old donkey said with her eyes. "I will mother you.

Katherine Dunn quotes: Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

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.

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: I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Katherine Dunn quotes: I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

Katherine Dunn quotes: I knew what he felt. The huge buoyant air sack of love that filled his body had just exploded and the collapse was devastating.

I knew what he felt. The huge buoyant air sack of love that filled his body had just exploded and the collapse was devastating.

Katherine Dunn quotes: This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes.

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes.

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.

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: But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.