David Burr Gerrard Quotes

Arthur, do you think the fall of the Wall means anything? Do you think that this means that even one fewer body will burn?

Praising heroes who slay monsters is a writer’s most ancient task.

That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were.

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.

Thinking, like other drugs, can be a useful distraction from pain, as long as it's managed and doesn't become an addiction.

That’s what nobody admits about men, how needy they are.

The things white men failed to notice would fill the world they had ruined ten thousand times over.

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 more to the point, you already know whether you want to see it. You already know whether you’re going to use the machine. So why are you still reading this?