Quotes from Deathbird Stories

“Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story’s end.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.” –French proverb”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” –ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, 1973”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“If one is unable to buy Courvoisier, one should forcibly restrain oneself from serving strawberries Romanoff for dessert.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“We had reached the moment of final nightness.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“There is only one real evil in the world: mediocrity.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

“for a people with a heritage of enslavement, evil is a concept of those who forged the shackles, not those who wore them.”
― Harlan Ellison, quote from Deathbird Stories

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“I was wondering where the real party was."
I jumped, sending my pencil in a sharp line across the page. Alex was standing two feet away, one booted foot on my step, hands thrust into the pockets of what looked too much like Emo pants: black and tight.
"Sorry," he said. "I didn't mean to surprise you."
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He actually grinned. "You've met my parents. What do you think?"
I wasn't going to touch that one. I just shrugged.
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I swallowed. "Sure."
He did, ending up with his elbows resting on his thighs and his right knee not quite touching mine.
The silence went on just long enough to make in uncomfortable. But I wasn't going to help him with his small talk. I'm not very good at it in the best of circumstances. Sitting almost thigh to thigh with a guy who turned me into a mental pretzel was nowhere near a good circumstance.”
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“So many choices and so much stimuli rob them of time and attention. Too much stuff deprives kids of leisure, and the ability to explore their worlds deeply.”
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