“I was suicidal for two solid centuries once. That was during the early part of what they now call the Dark Ages, in medieval Europe. Suicidal tendencies were de rigueur at the time, and I’m nothing if not trendy.” — Gene Doucette Copy Share Image
“Religion is still the very best way to get someone to accept something unabashedly ridiculous.” — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“[T]here may be no more depressing place on the planet than the floor of a casino.” — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“(A note: succubi are notorious amateur psychologists and have been since well before Freud. In fact I have it on good authority that Freud… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“Are you trying to talk me out of going?” “I am trying to figure out who you really are.” “Same man I was last… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“Like most remarkable things, nobody realized it was remarkable as it happened.” — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“So, you'd rather just regurgitate what these books tell you than know what really happened?" "Exactly." "No quest for truth? Where's your spirit of… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“(Very few vampires bother to sleep in a coffin, if you must know. Lugging one around everywhere you go is inconvenient, and it almost… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“I was suicidal for two solid centuries once. That was during the early part of what they now call the Dark Ages, in medieval… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“New York is the one place in the world that actively encourages rudeness, because that's the only way to get past the fake bag… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“So, what do I call you?" I asked. "Whomp." "Whomp? Your given name?" "It's the sound people make when I hit them in the… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“...while there may have been gods, they weren't particularly well defined. If, for instance, something unusually lucky happened, one might declare that a god--pick… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“Most every old civilizations looks at others--members of the same species but not of the same tribe--as wild men. It's a common rationalization, because… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
“(As a side note: I thought money was a bad idea way back when it was first invented. I remember the moment very clearly.… — Gene Doucette Copy Share
