"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
"I knew what he felt. The huge buoyant air sack of love that filled his body had just exploded and the collapse was devastating."
"The child, screaming for refuge, senses how feeble a shelter the twig hut of grown-up awareness is. They claim strength, these parents, and complete sanctuary. The weeping earth itself knows how despe..."
"Nudity and explicit sex are far more easily available now than are clear images of death. The quasi-violence of movies and television dwells on the lively acts of killing – flying kicks, roaring weapo..."
"I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. Each of these innocents on the street is engulfed by a terror of their own ordinariness. They would do anything to be unique."
"It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me."