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Short Century

Book by David Burr Gerrard · 9 quotes · Men, War, Books

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“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 case, all the ovens in the world can’t incinerate desire.”

Desire Christianity Gestapo

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

Monsters Heroes Writer S

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

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“Men do everything that men do, from waging war to reading books, for one purpose only: to get laid.”

Men War Reading Books Laid

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“All nineteen-year-old males are children who are men capable of war.”

Men Children War

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“Journalists of late seem too eager to change the world in various ways; the point is to describe it, accurately and carefully.”

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“Subtle! Subtlety is bourgeois. Brecht us that when he popped drama’s cherry. He fucked drama until it stopped being subtle, like a lady, and started being useful, like a whore.”

Subtle Lady Brecht Whore

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“To talk about something is the first step toward invading it.”

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“See,” Miranda said, “this is the truth.” Sitting in class one morning, I found her pubic hair in my teeth.”

Truth Pubic Hair

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