“I joined the army to learn how to kill my father. An irony; the only time the old man ever showed a glimmer of satisfaction with me was when I announced I was dropping out of college and enlisting. He thought I wanted to make the world safe for democracy, when in fact I wanted to make it safe from him. I intended to sign up under a false name. Become competent with a rifle. Then one night, while my father slept, I would sneak away from basic training, press the muzzle to his head - Harry Hines the failed and violent Pennsylvania farmer, Harry Hines the wife abuser and son beater, laying into me with his divining rods till my back was freckled with slivers of hazelwood - and blast him to Satan's backyard while he dreamed whatever dreams go through such a man's mind.” ArmyPatricide Author:James K. Morrow
“Manichean dualism is the single worst idea people ever came up with — this notion that you can divide humankind into the children of light and the children of darkness.” LightDarknessDualismManichean Author:James K. Morrow
“If there is a god, I think he has a sense of humour. He does not require human beings to protect him from satire.” IfsThinkingHumansDoeHuman BeingsHumourProtectSatireIf There Is A God Author:James K. Morrow
“The odor of bowel wind is known to every human, but the fragrance of book glue has crossed only a fraction of mortal nostrils. And yet it behooves us not to judge the unlettered too harshly. We must stay the impulse to write CHUCKLEHEAD above their doors and carve DOLT upon their tombstones.” WritingHumansBookKnownDoorsJudgingWindMortalsImpulseFragranceFractionsGlueTombstoneOdor Author:James K. Morrow
“There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.” ReligiousAtheismArgumentAtheistAgnosticThere Is No GodAtheisticIf There Is A GodThere Being No GodCall Of DutyDaily AtheistFoxholes Author:James K. Morrow
“The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.” NextPlansAssNext TimeMedievalRenaissance Author:James K. Morrow
