D.B.C. Pierre quotes
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“And here I'm struck by an epiphany so monstrous in its scale, so blinding in its effect that I feel my skin has turned inside out under the sun, that my innards possess magnetic qualities able to call vast fortunes together. And it's this: anything can happen if I want it to.”
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“I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge.”
-- D.B.C. PierreSource : DBC Pierre (2008). “Vernon God Little”, p.71, Faber & Faber
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“The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.”
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“For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.”
-- D.B.C. PierreSource : DBC Pierre (2008). “Vernon God Little”, p.269, Faber & Faber
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“Don’t be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here, at us twisted dreamers.”
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“If your ethical model defeats you, change the model.”
-- D.B.C. PierreSource : DBC Pierre (2007). “Ludmila's Broken English: A Novel”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Get it out of your head that wine’s just a drink. Real wine is like a missing human gene. It vaccinates you against mundanity, against bad life.”
-- D.B.C. PierreSource : DBC Pierre (2011). “Lights Out in Wonderland: A Novel”, p.74, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Don’t be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here, at us twisted dreamers.”
-- D.B.C. PierreSource : "Vernon God Little". Book by D.B.C. Pierre, Act V. Me ves y sufres, January 20, 2003.
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Source : Adrian Mitchell (1968). “Out Loud”, Cape Goliard P.
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“Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.”
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“Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together”
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