All of society is built to prop up that lie, the whole world a big, noisy puppet show meant to distract us… — David Wong Copy Share Image
In fact, our need to feel like big shots keeps us wedded to inadequate perspectives on the world, keeps us from exploring… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Zhuangzi is especially insightful about the human pretension to know. The Zhuangzi tells a story about a frog who lives in caved-in… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Learning what it is to be among other human beings includes learning that they can be different from us as well as… — David Wong Copy Share Image
You know if you walked around the world, your hat would travel thirty-one feet farther than your shoes? — David Wong Copy Share Image
The man walked past me and stopped, observing the blood running down my neck. "Your injury. Let us tend to it." He… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The Zhuangzi is very good on telling us how the nonhuman-made world can enter into who we are more deeply than at… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him. — David Wong Copy Share Image
War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group.… — David Wong Copy Share Image
PEOPLE DIE. This is the fact the world desperately hides from us from birth. Long after you find out the truth about… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“A realization washed over her in that cold, dark space: this was how virtually all living things born on earth have died—with teeth tearing… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Let’s say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“John, let me make one thing clear,” Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. “Every man is blessed with his… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“John ducked casually across some DO NOT DUCK CASUALLY ACROSS THIS TAPE tape” — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Marconi said, "I see you have your instruments. Can any of you sing? The old spirituals work best." John said, "I can sing." I… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“It’s the microscopic parasite that causes malaria. Nearly half of all human deaths in recorded history have been caused by this invisible assassin. One… — David Wong Copy Share Image
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“I stared at the price tags and thought, Why don’t you fucking kill yourself? I have that thought a lot, actually. Hey, did you… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Well, you’d better hope I am because the world was built by sociopaths, men willing to send a million innocent boys into battle to… — David Wong Copy Share Image
There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an unholy monster… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Around us, the disembodied human limbs were piling up, forming a circle around the fountain, fusing themselves to each other like Satan’s LEGO set.” — David Wong Copy Share Image
