"Some crazy man came up to me and started screaming at me about how he hated Allah, and before I could tell him that my family was part of the Catholic Church in India, he knifed me."
- Eric Jerome Dickey
"Then she called Matthew.He answered, "Where the fuck are you? I've been calling you for hours."She said, "I was asleep. Just woke up. What's the problem?""Don't tell me you're still in your hotel room..."
"It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent."
"It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are."
"Physical attraction was about aesthetics, not sexual performance, not mental stimulation. Without a mental connection, a remarkable sexual performance yielded no lifelong guarantees. It was only lust...."
"I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced."
"People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-headed goat. A monster from some other planet. They keep reminding you of your pain. You see how they look at m..."
"I heard you on the phone with her. I happened to be in your arms, and you happened to be inside of me, balls deep from what I remember, so I felt the difference, felt what you felt for her, heard how ..."
"A woman of European heritage sporting a preacher's collar had the opposite effect of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. She used her privilege and the favored religion to look like a golden child."
"I went to public school but kept to myself. When you live in a brothel, you don't want anyone coming to your home."