“A cockroach has no soul. Yet it runs and eats and shits and fucks and breeds. It has no soul, yet it… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“He tried to imagine Dave walking around the streets of Tokyo. It was like picturing RoboCop in Middle Earth—” — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Tip: if you ever feel a puke coming on, do not, do not put your hand over your mouth to try to… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“The truth was, I didn't feel sorry for Billy. He teased a dog and got his fingers bitten off. Fuck him. Fuck… — David Wong 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
“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
“So you see, fear is just another manifestation of insecurity. What humans want most of all, is to be right. Even if… — David Wong 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
I think that all moralities adequately serving the function of fostering social cooperation must contain a norm of reciprocity - a norm… — David Wong 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 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
“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
“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 Copy Share Image
I do fear that global capitalism is making us more like each other in regrettable ways, e.g., more people are increasingly captivated… — David Wong Aggression Copy Share Image
“From day one it was like society was this violent, complicated dance and everybody had taken lessons but me. Knocked to the… — David Wong Conspiracy theories Copy Share Image
“John and I have made this stuff our hobby, in the way that an especially attractive prisoner makes a hobby out of… — David Wong Humorous 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 Analogies Copy Share Image
The demonization of Islam and immigrants shows that perception of difference remains one of our biggest problems, and maybe always will be… — David Wong Competing Copy Share Image
“Amy hated--hated--the way the grown-ups her parents had surrounded themselves with were so quick to offer prayers and so low to actually… — David Wong Dirty words Copy Share Image
“Amy ran on sugar, caffeine, and pain pills, and would sacrifice an entire night of sleep to level up a character in… — David Wong Falling behind Copy Share Image
No. He says when you're dealing with any kids of supernatural beings, Gods and Devils and angels, you tend to think about… — David Wong Angel 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 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 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
“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 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 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
“You say you’re not a hero? Well, I’m going to tell you the best and the worst thing you’ve ever heard. Heroes… — David Wong Hero Copy Share Image
“My mind didn't clear. It had been clear before. Instead it muddled, suddenly ablaze with rioting factions of insecurities and dreams, a… — David Wong Dreams 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… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“here’s what’s going to happen: you’re going to die and you’re going to stand at the gates of judgment and you’re going… — David Wong Judgment Copy Share Image
“John, possessing a genetic defect that makes him walk toward danger, strode down toward where it looked like some cops were trying… — David Wong Copy Share Image
An ethic that emphasizes relationship and community can be concerned with protecting the individual's interests, but always with an eye to trying… — David Wong Autonomy Copy Share Image
“The reality is that society had gotten too fast, noisy, and stressful for the human brain to process and everybody was ingesting… — David Wong Falling behind Copy Share Image
“I don't see it right now - maybe it was in a different book - but anyway, he says that when you… — David Wong Bible Copy Share Image
“If a spider walks onto your bed, you squish it. If a butterfly lands on your bed, you take a picture. Is… — David Wong Butterfly Copy Share Image
“I stared at him. I said, "Wait, really? Like there's an actual part of our brain that dictates how many people we… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“Everybody was circling around Robert, trying to get to the door while avoiding the infested, oozing mess and-holy shit is this song… — David Wong Song Copy Share Image
“Dave? This is John. Your pimp says bring the heroin shipment tonight, or he'll be forced to stick you. meet him where… — David Wong Absurd Copy Share Image
“If you’ve actually seen a ghost—and I assure you that you probably have, within the last month—it would have just looked like… — David Wong Ghost Copy Share Image