Carlene Rustad

“Glory be to those humans that are absolutely NOTHING for the opinions of other humans: they are the true owners of illusions, transformations, and themselves.”

NYC in 1979”
― Kathy Acker

“It's not about danger, it's about control. Keep people scared and stupid and you can make them do anything you want.”
― Kelly Braffet, Save Yourself

“A heart like an artichoke?” “Oui. He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one.”
― Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood: A Novel

“It wasn't my life she was after, it was more. She wanted to eat my heart, and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her knees and give birth from it, she wanted to hurt me as only a child can be hurt by its mother.”
― Denis Johnson, Jesus’ Son