“Marconi said, "I see you have your instruments. Can any of you sing? The old spirituals work best." John said, "I can… — David Wong Music making Copy Share Image
“This is the breaking point in a human life, right here. This is waking up on an operating table to find aliens… — David Wong Aliens Copy Share Image
“The air in the store was charged with panic—that bottled-up, impotent panic of a crowd that doesn’t know how to act on… — David Wong Panic Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how they catch the birds. I know the Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider can’t fly because if it could, it… — David Wong Spider Copy Share Image
“Well, they never know they're ill, do they? You can't diagnose yourself with the same organ that has the disease, just like… — David Wong Crazy Copy Share Image
“I mean, if they had just succumbed to passion and banged in my bed, I could understand that. I wouldn’t even be… — David Wong Another man 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 Environment Copy Share Image
“We walked past a mailbox shaped like a cow and saw a hand-painted sign on the front door that read THE MORRISON’S—ESTABLISHED… — David Wong Front door Copy Share Image
“All right, but you know Star Trek, and ‘Beam me up, Scotty’? How they can teleport people around?” “Yeah. The transporters.” “Do… — David Wong Computers 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,… — David Wong Food stamps 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 Blood Copy Share Image
I had seen that look before, on the faces of tourists visiting the Texas Book Depository in Dallas where Lee Harvey Oswald… — David Wong Book Copy Share Image
Individuals understood in relational terms cannot be conceived as fully separate from their communities. Others in one's community may already be a… — David Wong Community Copy Share Image
“It was a sunrise, a kid’s sight of snowfall on a school morning. Hope. That all this can turn out okay, that… — David Wong Christmas tree Copy Share Image
Different moralities must share some general features if they are to perform their functions of coordinating beings having particular kinds of motivations.… — David Wong Character Copy Share Image
“We simplify tens of millions of individuals down into simplistic stereotypes, so that they hold the space of only one individual in… — David Wong Stereotypes Hold Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's two in the morning and we're taking turns pissing off of the tower (rather than going at the same time,… — David Wong Fart Copy Share Image
“We bless the ice, then we just have to somehow get all hundred or so of those monsters to go lick the… — David Wong English words Copy Share Image
“I feel stretched out, like too little butter scraped over too much waffle. And then it all falls down into one of… — David Wong Humor Copy Share Image
“That black pool of shame bubbled up in my head again. Then, a spark came along and set it alight. The choice… — David Wong Anger Copy Share Image
I think that all moralities adequately serving the function of fostering social cooperation must contain a norm of reciprocity - a norm… — David Wong Arguing Copy Share Image
“Keep driving," said a soft voice in my ear. "She will not bite if you keep driving." Fuck that. Fuck that idea… — David Wong Cursing Copy Share Image
“So you see, fear is just another manifestation of insecurity. What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if… — David Wong Another man Copy Share Image
“On his way out he turned and said, "And don't put a bunch of bullshit in my mouth, or get cute and… — David Wong Closed The Door Copy Share Image
“I reached for the knob. At the same moment it began to melt and transform, turning pink and finally taking the shape… — David Wong Time Copy Share Image
“ No matter where you go, management is always a bunch of cheap bastards .” — David Wong Cheap Copy Share Image
“Snap. Ka-chunk. That’s how I spell the sound of a doorknob turning.” — David Wong Chunk Copy Share Image
“…all the king's doctors and all the king's pills couldn't make Frank's waking nightmares go away.” — David Wong Dream Copy Share Image
“What's up. This is Dave, the one you saw in your hallway. He's not a psychotic killer or anything," he lied” — David Wong Hallway Copy Share Image
But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them. — David Wong Dehumanize Copy Share Image
“light-headed, my body trembling from shoes to shoulders in random spells, like I swallowed a vibrator. It’s always like this when I’m… — David Wong Trembling Copy Share Image
“So why do we call her crazy for piling her trailer full of more cats than she could take care of but… — David Wong Crazy Copy Share Image
Start working on whatever you hesitate Because there is an ending to every beginning. When you make it to the end, You… — David Wong Art work Copy Share Image
“That's the truth of it; pile together everything we know and care about in the universe and it will still be nothing… — David Wong Truth 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 Grind Copy Share Image
“Here's the only thing you need to know about John: The reason I was surprised by your hand was because he never… — David Wong John Copy Share Image
“I should let you know that I had no idea how to play the guitar or any other musical instrument, and that… — David Wong Music making Copy Share Image
“Just go. When you're on your deathbed you're gonna wish you could get back all the time you spent waiting on other… — David Wong Death Copy Share Image
Accommodation is a willingness to maintain constructive relationship with others with whom one is in serious and even intractable disagreement. Social cooperation… — David Wong Accommodation Copy Share Image
