Sharp Tool Quotes by Kathy Acker

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

— 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…

— Kathy Acker

“What other knowledge will my solitude and muteness bring? What other worlds?”

— Kathy Acker

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.

— Kathy Acker

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

— Kathy Acker

i am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed.

— 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…

— 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…

— Kathy Acker

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Kathy Acker