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title: "3 Epiphany Quotes By David Burr Gerrard"
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> [“The epiphany machine will not discover anything about you that you do not, in some way, already know. But think for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/the-epiphany-machine-will-not-discover-anything-about-you-that-you-do/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

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> [“One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/one-way-to-think-about-your-life-is-as-an-extended-free-fall-an/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

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> [“I'm saying that figuring out what's important in life and how to go about getting it is very difficult. Sometimes you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/i-m-saying-that-figuring-out-what-s-important-in-life-and-how-to-go/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

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## More by David Burr Gerrard

> [“Thinking, like other drugs, can be a useful distraction from pain, as long as it's managed and doesn't become an addiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/thinking-like-other-drugs-can-be-a-useful-distraction-from-pain-as/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“You could fling open every closet of regret and desire in yourself and the people you loved, and still there would be one closet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/you-could-fling-open-every-closet-of-regret-and-desire-in-yourself/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“There was too much protection in a drone, protection that was also a denial of one’s own humanity, very much like the protection offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/there-was-too-much-protection-in-a-drone-protection-that-was-also-a/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“To talk about something is the first step toward invading it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/to-talk-about-something-is-the-first-step-toward-invading-it/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/that-was-what-maturity-was-accepting-things-the-more-things-you/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“I had always thought that vaginas, with their flaps and folds, looked somehow unfinished.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/i-had-always-thought-that-vaginas-with-their-flaps-and-folds-looked/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“Genocide, as many have noted, is a form of community-building.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/genocide-as-many-have-noted-is-a-form-of-community-building/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“All across the region the sexual revolution would arrive by tank.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/all-across-the-region-the-sexual-revolution-would-arrive-by-tank/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/subtle-subtlety-is-bourgeois-brecht-us-that-when-he-popped-drama-s/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“The epiphany machine will not discover anything about you that you do not, in some way, already know. But think for a moment about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/the-epiphany-machine-will-not-discover-anything-about-you-that-you-do/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“Don’t go to the protest. Go out and get laid. Unless you’re going to the protest to get laid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/don-t-go-to-the-protest-go-out-and-get-laid-unless-you-re-going-to/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“Arthur, do you think the fall of the Wall means anything? Do you think that this means that even one fewer body will burn?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/arthur-do-you-think-the-fall-of-the-wall-means-anything-do-you-think/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“The months after the fall of the Wall constituted one of the few points in history when the past seemed to lead to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/the-months-after-the-fall-of-the-wall-constituted-one-of-the-few/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“Men do everything that men do, from waging war to reading books, for one purpose only: to get laid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/men-do-everything-that-men-do-from-waging-war-to-reading-books-for/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

> [“Human beings are terrible things, Arthur.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burr-gerrard/human-beings-are-terrible-things-arthur/)

[David Burr Gerrard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burr-gerrard/)

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