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title: "1 Necessary Cut Quotes By Kathy Acker"
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> [Every day a sharp tool, a powerful destroyer, is necessary to cut away dullness, lobotomy, buzzing, belief in human beings, stagnancy, images, and accumulation. As soon as we stop believing in human beings, rather know we are dogs and trees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/every-day-a-sharp-tool-a-powerful-destroyer-is-necessary-to-cut-away/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

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## More by Kathy Acker

> [I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/i-wasn-t-really-into-body-piercings-until-i-found-that-about-half-my/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/i-m-really-fascinated-and-you-know-i-ve-been-wondering-about-that/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [“What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? What other worlds?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/what-other-knowledge-will-my-solitude-and-muteness-bring-what-other/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/one-of-the-reasons-i-think-the-ultra-right-wing-has-such-power-in/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/there-s-a-backlash-against-womyn-that-s-really-bad-right-now/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [i am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/i-am-a-limitless-series-of-natural-disasters-and-all-of-these/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [My nutritionist read my pathology report and said, "There's only one way you can beat your cancer." "What's that?" "You have to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/my-nutritionist-read-my-pathology-report-and-said-there-s-only-one/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [“Every angel is terrifying. Through the darkness, they move silently... I will go down into death with you. I must go where I must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/every-angel-is-terrifying-through-the-darkness-they-move-silently-i/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/there-are-times-when-the-law-jeopardizes-those-who-obey-it/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [You create identity, you're not given identity per se. What became more and more interesting to me wasn't the I, it was text because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/you-create-identity-you-re-not-given-identity-per-se-what-became-more/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/it-s-all-up-to-you-girls-you-have-to-be-strong-these-are-the-days-of/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [“Since Pussy never had thought, nor would she think, that women shouldn't have abortions, she had to come to terms with the realization that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/since-pussy-never-had-thought-nor-would-she-think-that-women-shouldn/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [We don't have a clue what it is to be male or female, or if there are intermediate genders. Male and female might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/we-don-t-have-a-clue-what-it-is-to-be-male-or-female-or-if-there-are/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [Women need to become literary criminals, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/women-need-to-become-literary-criminals-break-the-literary-laws-and/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

> [There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-acker/there-must-be-a-secret-hidden-in-this-book-or-else-you-wouldn-t/)

[Kathy Acker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-acker/)

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