Quotes by : Rachel Kushner

I was doing that thing the infatuated do, stitching destiny onto the person we want stitched to us.

When one is the type of writer who cares about the meaning of the historically specific setting, the....

Most go to prison not on account of their irreducible uniqueness as people but because they are part....

Who knew why they waited, I thought, understanding that I, too, had it in me to wait. To expect change....

What happens slowly carries in each part the possibility of returning to what came before. In an accident....

I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly....

Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word....

The Seventies seemed like this really open time. There were a lot of strong women characters deciding....

There's an innocent displacement, a dreaming, and idols are perfect for a little girl's dreaming. They....

I thought of the girl in the photo in Ronnie's studio, the one on layaway. She was probably waiting for....