Motorcycles aren't about ...

Motorcycles aren\'t about gaining agency, I don\'t think.
Motorcycles aren't about gaining agency, I don't think.
 Rachel Kushner

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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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I was a child but weirdly uninhibited. I talked to people and inserted myself in all kinds of absurd situations. I think some of those life experiences influenced me in terms of the main character of The Flamethrowers. But for the parts where the community of artists are speaking above her level of participation, that probably came more out of my experience of being in New York in the '90s as an adult.
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Lovers offered only what they offered and nothing more, and what they offered came with provisos: believe what you want and don't look carefully at what isn't acceptable to you.
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There is no real appeal for me in an image of a woman on a motorcycle.
 Rachel Kushner