Skip to content

Home Quote by Richard Kadrey

“Home late. Be naked.” quote by Richard Kadrey — Download Open image

““Home late. Be naked.””

About This Quote

Source Novel: Sandman Slim, 2010 (fiction)

Intimacy and vulnerability are highlighted through a stark, private invitation.

In simple terms: Being naked is a metaphor for openness.

Key Takeaway

Allow yourself honest moments.

Themes

intimacy privacy vulnerability freedom

Mood

intimate raw

Type

literary philosophical

When to use this quote

relationships
self‑acceptance
artistic expression

Key Concepts

fiction character study psychology

Questions to Reflect On

When do you feel most vulnerable?
How does privacy shape identity?

A Different Perspective

Such bluntness can feel invasive.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Home Home Late Late Late Naked Naked

More by Richard Kadrey

“Maybe he was destined to die under the fading shadow of a plastic dinosaur surrounded by pickpockets, hookers, and panhandlers, but at least he’d…

Image

“To the dead. Let’s think of them always, but not join them too soon.”

Image

“Now you are thinking like a thief. Fewer guns and more exits. We'll cure your cowboy ways yet. (Vidocq)”

Image

If Donald Trump and the Wicked Witch of the West had a kid, it would be Jayne-Anne. She looks like a librarian with some…

Image

“The clerk is looking at me. His expression hasn't changed. What I want to do is punch a hole in the front of the…

Image

The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure…

Image

I tap a Malediction out of the box, fire it up, and puff. It tastes like a tire fire in a candy factory next…

Image

“Besides Getting my ass kicked, my main accomplishment on this trip has been to massacre an incredible number of completely innocent clothes. I'm the…

Image

“So far, being dead is about as much fun as a barbed-wire G-string. Yes,”

Image

“Are you asking because you want to see if doc can turn you into a librarian when all this is over?" [p.240:]”

Image

“Most people are idiots. There's nothing worse than idiots who tell you their opinions.”

Image

“I've never seen a Jade in full feral mode before. Candy's nails have curved out into thick claws. Her eyes are red slit pupils…

Image

Explore all 126 Richard Kadrey quotes

More Home quotes

Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on…

Judith Ellen Foster

Image

I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my…

Image

“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.”

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Image

If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

Sophie Kinsella

Image

Most days, I go home and I feel rejuvenated. I feel ebullient.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Image

If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding…

Image

Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.

Image

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

Image

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

Image

A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.…

Image

As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls…

Image

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's…

Image

Browse all 25,858 Home quotes