Break Quote by Samuel R. Delany

“No laws: to break, or to follow. Do anything you want. Which does funny things to you. Very quickly, surprisingly quickly, you become-" [...] "exactly who you are.” quote by Samuel R. Delany — Download Open image

““No laws: to break, or to follow. Do anything you want. Which does funny things to you. Very quickly, surprisingly quickly, you become-" [...] "exactly who you are.””

Samuel R. Delany

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