“ I heard you on the phone with her. I happened to be in your arms, and you happened to be inside of me, balls deep from what I remember, so I felt the difference, felt what you felt for her, heard how… Eric Jerome Dickey
“ It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ Some crazy man came up to me and started screaming at me about how he hated Allah, and before I could tell him that my family was part of the Catholic Church in India, he knifed me. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ Preacher pulled her gun to her lap, the trigger aimed toward the stranger. . . . He stared at her like he was ready to dial 911, until he saw she was of European heritage, saw her clerical collar, saw… Eric Jerome Dickey
“ I went to public school but kept to myself. When you live in a brothel, you don't want anyone coming to your home. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ A woman of European heritage sporting a preacher's collar had the opposite effect of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. She used her privilege and the favored religion to look like a golden child. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep reminding you of your pain. You see how they look at m… Eric Jerome Dickey
“ I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ Physical attraction was about aesthetics, not sexual performance, not mental stimulation. Without a mental connection, a remarkable sexual performance yielded no lifelong guarantees. It was only lust.… Eric Jerome Dickey
“ Then she called Matthew.He answered, "Where the fuck are you? I've been calling you for hours."She said, "I was asleep. Just woke up. What's the problem?""Don't tell me you're still in your hotel room… Eric Jerome Dickey
“ ... honesty is like seeing a crackhead up close: it ain’t that fucking attractive. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ DNA predisposes a certain behavior, but if your environment doesn't support it, then that behavior won't manifest. When people don't have opportunity, they have to create their own opportunities Eric Jerome Dickey
“ And a woman needs a man to protect her from other men. Well, women used to. . . . Things have changed. Women are in the middle East, fighting and protecting men now. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ That’s what sex does: it starts relationships and it verifies the end of relationships. Eric Jerome Dickey
“ Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed t… Eric Jerome Dickey
