Kellen Burden > Quotes

“My place smells like whatever loneliness smells like. Ramen and broken dreams or something.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“Hipster Chick personally brings it to the table, and there’s a phone number written in ketchup on his plate. He looks at her. Looks at the plate. Dips a fry in it. She bites her lip so hard I think she draws blood, and somewhere in Hollywood Johnny Depp wakes up in a cold sweat.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“But you don’t correct a woman in fleece pajama pants when her duck is right there in the other room, so I say, “Good.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“I’m like Gumby in a dehydrator.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“I stand out in the hall for a minute, trying to swallow maternal compassion like a baby swallows medicine. I know it’s good for me, but I’m not sure I understand it, so it scares me a little.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“The vacancy on his face is a moat, and I’m better off having him lower the drawbridge later than trying to jump it right now.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang

“Harkin orders a turkey sandwich and the heaviest shit they serve, black like his heart. That’s literally how he orders it, and I swear to God the hipster chick with the gauges in her ears almost climbs over the counter to rip his clothes off.”
― Kellen Burden, Flash Bang