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He had discovered that there was not just one God but many, and some were more than cruel — they were insane, and that changed all. Cruelty, after all...more

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norris didn't cry, but he was apt to puke on them, the way he had puked on homer gamache that time he had found homer sprawled in a ditch out by homel...more

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A boy who once wiped his ass with poison ivy probably doesn't belong in a smart people's club.

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...it was another year or two before I discovered that drat and draft were different words. During that same period I remember believing that details ...more

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I’m going crazy, Louis thought wonderingly. Wheeeeee!

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Christ.No, not Christ. These leavings were made in propitiation of a much older God than the Christian one. People have called Him different things at...more

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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the...more

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You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.

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I want to make sure I remember what real ugly is. I might want to tell my grandchildren someday.

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Most politicians lie for the same reason a monkey swings by his tail, which is to say because he can.

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never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

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I'm going out for a bottle of champagne. We're going to get bombed.

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You ought to sue that son of a whore

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God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one of you stick the world's longes...more

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One of his followers murmured agreement, but another quietly slipped away. Now there was Norton and four others. Maybe that wasn't so bad. Christ Hims...more