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David Wong, born on January 10, 1975, is a talented writer known for his unique style and profound thematic explorations. His works have gained widespread recognition among readers.

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“Falling in love with a house or a car or a pair of shoes, it was a dead end. You save your love for the things that can love you back.”

Ends Fall House Love You Car Falling In Love Shoes Pairs Dead Ends Pair Of Shoes

Book:This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

Source: This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

“... life is a flickering candle we all carry around. A gust of wind, a meaningless accident, a microsecond of carelessness, and it's out. Forever.”

Life Is Forever Wind Accidents Meaningless Candle Carelessness

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“The phrase 'sodomized by a bratwurst poltergeist' suddenly flew through my mind.”

Mind Phrases Flew

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“He whipped the chair around and actually split one of the things in half with the impact, spilling the spray of blood that was reflective, like mercury. John bellowed, "Anyone else want to donate blood to chair-ity?" He ducked into the the door and bashed one monster right in the wig, screaming, "There's some dessert! With a chair-y on top!”

Want Half Doors Blood Impact Monsters Chairs Splits Dessert Spray Mercury Wigs Donate Spilling Donating Blood

Author:David Wong

“John flung himself into a pseudo-karate stance, one hand poised behind him and one in front, posed like a cartoon cactus. I thought for an odd moment he had moved his limbs so fast they had made that whoosh sound through air but then I realized John was making that sound with his mouth.”

Made Moments Hands Sound Behinds Air Fronts Mouths Moved I Realized Odd Cartoon Limbs Stance Karate Pseudo Cactus

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“You're the kind of man a man wants when a man wants a man.”

Men Want Kind

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“Antidepressants. The thought of this girl actually being depressed made me want to grab the whole planet and throw it into the sun. Well, more than usual anyway.”

Want Wells Made Whole Girl Sun Planets Usual This Girl Antidepressants Being Depressed

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“The English language needs a word for that feeling you get when you badly need help, but there is no one you can call because you're not popular enough to have friends, not rich enough to have employees, and not powerful enough to have lackeys. It is a very distinct cocktail of impotence, loneliness and a sudden stark assessment of your non-worth to society? Enturdment?”

Needs Enough Helping Feelings Language Powerful Rich Loneliness Employee English Language Cocktails Assessment Starks Impotence Need Help Lackeys That Feeling You Get

Author:David Wong

“War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.”

World War Powerful Groups Suits Sparks Metals Grind Whim

Book:This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

Source: This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

“PEOPLE DIE. This is the fact the world desperately hides from us from birth. Long after you find out the truth about sex and Santa Claus, this other myth endures, this one about how you’ll always get rescued at the last second and if not, your death will at least mean something and there’ll be somebody there to hold your hand and cry over you. All of society is built to prop up that lie, the whole world a big, noisy puppet show meant to distract us from the fact that at the end, you’ll die, and you’ll probably be alone.”

People Ifs World Mean Long Ends Whole Facts Shows Hands Bigs Lasts Lying Dies Sex Cry Birth Built Endure Myth Whole World Over You Show Me Santa Puppets Noisy Props Santa Claus Puppet Shows

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“Children die every day because millions of us tell ourselves that caring is just as good as doing.”

Children Dies Millions Caring

Author:David Wong

“That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.”

Persons Choices Hours Ability Folks Right Choices Ability To See Dumbasses

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“All of society is built to prop up that lie, the whole world a big, noisy puppet show meant to distract us from the fact that at the end, you'll die, and you'll probably be alone.”

World Ends Whole Facts Shows Bigs Lying Dies Built Whole World Show Me Puppets Noisy Props Puppet Shows

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“Kittens will make your sad go away”

Going Away Kitten

Book:John Dies at the End

Source: John Dies at the End

“John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the road, chugging gas and farting a blue cloud of dinosaur souls.”

Ifs Humans Soul Today Rights Huge Built Blue Clouds Human Rights Gas Engines Violation Dinosaurs Down The Road Caddies

Book:This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

Source: This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

About the Author

Born: January 10, 1975
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 115

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