Quotes from Vernon God Little

D.B.C. Pierre ·  279 pages

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“The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“God knows I tried my best to learn the ways of this world, even had inklings we could be glorious; but after all that's happened, the inkles ain't easy anymore. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“- ზოგჯერ საზოგადოებრივ აზრს უფრო მეტი გავლენა აქვს, ვიდრე შენ გგონია. ხალხს სამართლიანობის ზეიმის დანახვა სწყურია და მაგის არდანახვა არ შეიძლება. ჰოდა, მეც გეუბნები: მიეცი ხალხს ის, რაც სწყურია და რასაც მოელის.
- მერე, მე რო მართლა არაფერი არ დამიშვებია?
- ნწ, ეგ ჯერჯერობით არავინ არ იცის. ადამიანები დასკვნებს ხან ფაქტების საფუძველზე აკეთბენ, ხანაც - ფაქტების არარსებობის მიუხედავად. შენ თუ შენი სოროდან არ გამოძვერი და მაგათ შენი საკუთარი პარადიგმა არ მოუხაზე, შენ მაგივრად სხვა მოუხაზავს და მაშინ შენც მოგეხაზება.
- ვერ გავიგე, რა უნდა მოვხაზო?
- პა-რა-დიგ-მა. პარადიგმული გადატანა არასოდეს არ გაგიგია? აჰა, მაგალითი: ხედავ კაცს, რომელიც ბებიასენს ხელს ტრაკში უყოფს. რას იფიქრებ?
- მე მაგის დედა...
- ვერც ვერავინ გაგამტყუნებს, მართალი ხარ. მაგრამ მერე იგებ, რო თურმე ბებოს ტრაკში რაღაცა შხამიანი ხოჭო შეძრომია და იმ ღვთისნიერ კაცს თავისი ზიზღიანობა დავიწყებია და ბებიაშენი გადაურჩენია. ეხლა რაღას იტყვი?
- გმირი ყოფილა.
ამას ეგრევე ეტყობა, რო ბებიაჩემი არ უნახავს.
- აი, ზუსტად ეგ არის პარადიგმული გადატანა. ქმედება არ შეცვლილა, შეიცვალა ინფორმაცია, რომელმაც მომხდარი სულ სხვა კუთხით დაგანახვა. ცოტა ხნის წინ მზად იყავი ტიპი მიგეთეთქვა, ეხლა კი გინდა მიხვიდე და ხელი ჩამოართვა.
- არა, არ მინდა.
- გადატანითი მნიშვნელობით გეუბნები, შე პატარა ვირისთავო, შენა, - იცინის და მუცელში მუშტს ისე მაზელს, რო ნეკნები შესამოწმებელი მიხდება, - ტელევიზორიდან ფაქტები შავ და თეთრ ფერებში აღიქმება, მაგრამ ყველაფერი ეგრე მარტივად რო დალაგდეს, მაგისთვის პროფესიონალების მთელ გუნდს ნაცრისფერი გორების ქექვა უხდება. საკუთარი თავის მიწოდება უნდა შეგეძლოს. იცი, დღეს ვინ ზის ციხეებში? ზუსტად ის ხალხი, ვინც თავისი თავის მიწოდება ვერ მოახერხა.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little



“Where TV lets you down, I’m discovering, is by not convincing you how things really work in the world. Like, do buses stop anywhere along the road, to pick up any kind of asshole, or do you have to be at a regular bus stop?”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“Son of a stadium full of bitches.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“What I'am learning is the world laughs through its ass every day, then just lies double-time when shit goes down. It's like we're on a Pritikin diet of fucken lies. I mean - what kind of fucken life is this?”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“School never teaches you about this mangled human slime, it slays me. You spend all your time learning the capital of Surinam while these retards carve their initials in your back.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“უკ­ვე ისე ვარ ამოს­ვრი­ლი, რო ქა­ქის ჩა­მო­ფერ­თხვას აზ­რი ეკარგება. ერ­თი რა­მ კი მინ­და გით­ხრათ, ქაქ­ში რაც უფ­რო ღრმად შეტო­პავ, მით უფრო ნაკ­ლე­ბად ამ­ჩნევ, რო ქაქ­ში ხარ. მა­ინც რა სის­ტე­მაა ეს? ვერ გა­მი­გია. მე, მა­გა­ლი­თად, ხალხს ქაქ­ში ამოსვრილ­თა სა­კით­ხებ­ზე მო­მუ­შა­ვე კო­მი­ტე­ტის პრე­ზი­დენ­ტად რო ავერ­ჩიე, შე­ვეც­დე­ბო­დი, ამოს­ვრი­ლე­ბის­თვის ჩა­მო­რეც­ხვის ამ­ბა­ვი გა­მე­ად­ვი­ლე­ბი­ნა. თუ ადა­მი­ა­ნი ამ ცხოვ­რე­ბა­ში სისუფთავის­კენ უნ­და მი­ის­წრა­ფო­დეს, მა­შინ მე ვთვლი, რო ჭუჭყის ჩა­მო­რეც­ხვა ყვე­ლა­სთ­ვის გა­ად­ვი­ლე­ბუ­ლი უნ­და იყოს.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little



“რო­გორ გინ­და, სი­სუფ­თა­ვე­ზე იფიქ­რო, რო­ცა თა­ვი­დან ფეხებამდე ქაქ­ში ხარ ამოს­ვრი­ლი?!”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“What happens with sassy music is you get floated away from yourself, then snap back to reality too hard. I hate that. The only antidote is to just stay depressed.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“A sob pops in my throat. I choke it, and look around for a harmless visual distraction, but all I see is a stocky young woman with a baby, a few seats up. The baby is pulling the woman's hair, and she is faking this look of terror.

'Oh no', she says, 'How can you do that to mommy?'

She pretends to bawl, but the baby laughs and gurgles like a psycho, and pulls even harder. I'm witnessing a fresh knife being laid into a brand-new soul. A training dagger. A maternity blade. Here's his mom quietly opening up the control incision, completely innocent in her dumbness to the world.

'Oh no, you've killed Mommy, Mommy's gone!' She plays dead.

The little guy giggles for a minute, but only that long. Then he senses something's wrong. She ain't waking up. He killed her, she abandoned him, just like that, over a pull of hair. He pokes her with his finger, he gets ready to bawl. And there you have it: he takes the handle into his own tiny hands and pulls in his first blade, right up to the hilt. Just to bring her back. And sure enough, with the splash of his first tear, she wakes right up.
'Ha, ha, I'm still here! Ha, ha it's Mommy!'
Ha, ha, that's the Scheme of Things.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“Lord’. I help the pastor unload the car and carry stuff to a cake stand right next to the train tracks. He installs me there, as caretaker of the cake stand, and – get this – I have to wear a fucken choir gown. Vernon Gucci Little, in his unfashionable Jordan New Jacks, with fucken choir gown.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“I help the pastor unload the car and carry stuff to a cake stand right next to the train tracks. He installs me there, as caretaker of the cake stand, and – get this – I have to wear a fucken choir gown. Vernon Gucci Little, in his unfashionable Jordan New Jacks, with fucken choir gown.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little



“My balls crawl up my throat.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“So what’s up, you dirty boy?’ she teases on the escalator. ‘Shit, I don’t know where to start.’ ‘I’ll drag it out of you.’ She slips her dry little hand into my bunch of wet finger-meats, and coaxes me through the crowd. ‘We’ll check for my cousin, then maybe grab a juice, get private.’ A juice. Grab a private juice. What a woman.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“This is a neighborhood where underwear sags low. For instance, ole Mr Deutschman lives up here, who used to be upstanding and decent.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“უეცარი დასირების პოტენციური შესაძლებლობა, ოცნების ახდენის შემთხვევაში, პირდაპირპროპორციულია იმ დროისა, რომელიც ოცნების აგებაზე წაგივიდა. უდპშ = ოად. რაც იმას ნიშნავს, რო ყოველ წუთს შეიძლება ყველაფერი დაკარგო.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“Another coupon tacked onto the pile I'll redeem when I get some power in my fucken life. Look around this life and all you see is folks' coupons tacked everywhere, what they'll do if, what they'll do when. Warm anticipation for shit that ain't even going to happen.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little



“This would never happen to Van Damme. Heroes never shit. They only fuck and kill.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“She gets that fabulous edge that girls get to their voices, the edge that spells oncoming Tantrum From the Bowels of Hell, that says, 'I'll scratch the heavens down around you and suck the fucken air from your lungs and spit you to fucken hell and you know it.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“Anger cuts through a wide range of things. Cuts like a knife”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“Fate always pays attention to what you think, then slams it up your fucken ass.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little


“It just wasn't enough, in the end, I guess. The day he got his first thousand dollars, the neighbors must've got ten. Aim for a million bucks, you suddenly need a billion. I upgraded my computer, but it wasn't enough. No matter what, it ain't fucken enough in life, that's what I learned.”
― D.B.C. Pierre, quote from Vernon God Little



About the author

D.B.C. Pierre
Born place: in Australia
Born date January 1, 1961
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