Jackson Ford > Quotes

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their history.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“People are stupid, things go wrong, plans fall apart. Shit doesn't work like you want it to. But there's always a way out.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“You can’t swear revenge on a tectonic plate.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“But just because you don’t need something, doesn’t mean you don’t still want it.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“This isn’t just a regular emergency; it’s the dictionary definition.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“Military camps usually smelled like shit. And sweat. And overcooked food, and the heavy fug of illicit airag. A noxious, heady miasma, that the wind always picked up and gleefully dispersed for miles.
Not this one, though. This particular camp didn’t smell of anything.”
― Jackson Ford, The Bone Raiders

“The United States isn’t a single thing. It’s towns and cities, people and ideas, scattered across thousands of miles. Trying to destroy it in any meaningful way is pointless”
― Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm

“Of course, it turns out flying into what amounts to a giant sandstorm makes you cough and choke and splutter, and kind of ruins the image. It’s hard to look cool when you have to hold your arm over your mouth and nose, eyes streaming.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“Giant lizard could fuck right off.”
― Jackson Ford, The Bone Raiders

“Telling someone what they said was problematic was like throwing a tennis ball at a wall. You’d entertain yourself, for a while, but you were never busting through.”
― Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm

“I’ve never been in therapy. Who needs it? I’m not some comic-book character with a dark past and a hidden history; I know exactly where I come from, and why I have my ability, and I came to terms with it a long time ago. It made it easier to just chill the fuck out and enjoy life, and fill my brain with important things, like how not to burn paella.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“I’m still alive, assholes. Get ready.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“Which is when Carlos kicks Burr in the face. It’s a championship-winning, full-run-up, top-of-the-foot fifty-yard-field-goal monster. He could try out for the Rams with that kick. When his foot whips past my face, I actually feel the blowback.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“Priority one: save the world. Then we can worry about saving China Shop.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“He’s slowly shaking his head. I can’t read the look on his face; it’s as if awe and disbelief had a baby, and that little baby expression was then adopted by exasperation and raised to be pissed at just about everything.”
― Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm

“I was out taken a piss, and I nearly stood on her.”
― Jackson Ford, The Bone Raiders

“Replaying what happened over and over and over. Trying to find an angle, a way to make it come out different. But it’s like the ending of Game of Thrones. You can wish as much as you want, but it will still suck, and it will suck for all eternity.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“You think an earthquake is worst thing for homeless people? What can it destroy for us? Our tents are knocked down by police all the time. We rebuild every day.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“Superheroes in comics and in movies pull off that secret-identity shit all the time. But this isn't a movie, or a comic, and I am definitely not a superhero. Secret Identity? I can barely pull of the identity that I have. I won't do that to Nic. I won't put him in that situation.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“Can we get this done before the heat death of the universe? Please?”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“He shakes his head. “That’s insane.” “Nope. That’s telekinesis, Kyle.” I’ve always called it psychokinesis, not telekinesis. But what the hell: when life gives you a shot at a Tenacious D joke, you take it. Even if it means compromising your standards.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air

“Pro tip: if you’re going to take a high dive off the 82nd floor, make sure you do it with a psychokinetic holding your hand. Being able to move objects with your mind is useful in all sorts of situations.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“They’d been staying in a tiny apartment in Iowa—Sioux City, maybe Duluth, he’s never been entirely sure”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“The kind of music that makes me want to rip the entire audio system out of his truck. Then burn it. Then jump up and down on the ashes.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“She couldn’t be less happy to see us if we were Donald Trump’s motorcade.”
― Jackson Ford, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

“Dazedly, I wonder if destruction by superpowers is covered under the owners’ insurance policy.”
― Jackson Ford, Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air