“ Christianity has always been the Gestapo of desire, since long, long before there was a Gestapo. Instead of Jews to hate, Christianity has desire. Though I guess Christianity has Jews, too. In any cas… David Burr Gerrard
“ He says that politics is a waste of time. Politics are? Politics is? Anyway, a waste of time. He says you should focus on your own sexual gratification. David Burr Gerrard
“ The problem with freedom is that when people have it, they do what they want to. David Burr Gerrard
“ Arthur, do you think the fall of the Wall means anything? Do you think that this means that even one fewer body will burn? David Burr Gerrard
“ That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were. David Burr Gerrard
“ The things white men failed to notice would fill the world they had ruined ten thousand times over. David Burr Gerrard
“ The epiphany machine will not discover anything about you that you do not, in some way, already know. But think for a moment about surprise. What is surprising is never what is revealed but the grace… David Burr Gerrard
“ You already know what the machine will write on your arm. That lie you’ve been telling yourself—you know what it is. That blind spot is not really a blind spot—you’re choosing to look away. Perhaps mo… David Burr Gerrard
“ Don’t you wonder sometimes,” Miranda asked, “whether women have all the power or no power at all? David Burr Gerrard
“ It’s something of a cliché, at least among war correspondents, that war makes people unusually horny; what it actually does is make you want to touch as much flesh as you can get your hands on. David Burr Gerrard
“ Men do everything that men do, from waging war to reading books, for one purpose only: to get laid. David Burr Gerrard
“ Once you’ve gotten used to a certain kind of smell from a certain kind of flesh, whether it’s a lover or a rotting corpse, you long for it when it’s not around. Or maybe it’s just me. David Burr Gerrard
“ Thinking, like other drugs, can be a useful distraction from pain, as long as it's managed and doesn't become an addiction. David Burr Gerrard
“ One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you fall. Rather than a meaningless blur, you will see rocks and trees and lizards. An epiphany is… David Burr Gerrard
