Jon Athan > Quotes

“This politically correct world is spawning a generation of lazy, disrespectful, and entitled assholes. By trying to do the 'right' thing, we're doing the wrong thing. We're not doing our kids any favors by teaching them that they can get away with everything.”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“Since the beginning of mankind, people had always been awful to each other.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“You’re not a ‘kid’ or a ‘victim,’ and you’re not ‘normal,’ Zachary. There are no such things as MAPs or NOMAPs. A pedophile is a pedophile. And you deserve to die.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“Damn anxiety, he thought, why can’t I be normal?”
― Jon Athan, Lovesick

“She survived the attack, but a part of her died that night—and something else was born.”
― Jon Athan, Ms. Vengeance

“peace at the end of a long war was difficult to accept, especially for a surviving soldier.”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“Small, bloody dots—petechiae—covered the welts on his legs and ass.”
― Jon Athan, Our Dead Girlfriend: Author's Enhanced Edition

“Schedules helped people organize and plan their lives. Repetition led to predictability—boring but safe. But predictable people were also the easiest to follow.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“I really noticed it when she was talking about that hitchhiker in the RV. She was running her mouth like he was a victim or something. She just reminds me of all those virtue-signaling bastards on Twitter and Facebook. She always has something to say, but she never has any solutions.”
― Jon Athan, Cannibal Creek

“He stuttered, “Wha–What is this?” “It’s a baby... in a blender.”
― Jon Athan, Blender Babies

“Solitude and boredom were forms of torture.”
― Jon Athan, Grandfather's House

“I don’t want to fuck you. I don’t even want you to touch me. You… You’re dirty.” “Dirty? Is that right? Okay, alright. Well, ‘Mr. Clean,’ what do you and your pizza face want with little ol’ me?”
― Jon Athan, Lovesick

“Mason pushed his mother's legs aside, then he thrust into her. The floorboards groaned as he rapidly bounced on her. He couldn't control himself, his rhythm was nonexistent. Feeling as if he were about to burst, he wrapped his bloodied hands around Isabel's neck. He dug his thumbs into her neck and strangled her as he raped her. Isabel did not fight it. She didn't feel any pleasure, either. As a matter of fact, the woman felt numb. She didn't feel anything. Although she was still alive, her soul escaped her human figure and floated above the couple. She watched her own rape, shocked. She was willing to die, though – she wanted to die.”
― Jon Athan, Mason's Television

“The video, Carrie's video, was a snuff film, Russ. A fucking snuff film.”
― Jon Athan, Mr. Snuff

“I’m going to ask you about her in a minute, but first I’m going to hurt you. You want to know why? Because I know you’re going to lie to me. You think I’m bluffing or I don’t know a thing about pain. So, let’s skip the first lie and get straight to the torture. Then maybe—maybe—you can tell me the truth.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“People like me, we–we just want love, you understand? We care about kids. And we are sti–sti–stigmatized because of it. I mean, we… we are the victims! We’re normal, just like the gays and trans, but no one sees that! No one’s listening to us! We just want to love without being judged or hated or… or fucking crucified. I’m a normal kid, man.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“Logan said, “You're going to eat these condoms, girl. You're going to swallow them. Okay?”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“With her snide remark, Ashley thrust the searing curling iron into Jane's vagina.”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“tache noir de la sclerotique. Death extinguished the bright, hopeful glimmer from her eyes.”
― Jon Athan, Into the Wolves' Den

“Acceptance and forgiveness are not the same. Accepting the past simply means she can start moving forward.”
― Jon Athan, Her Suffering

“Sweat rolled down his brow and stained his armpits.”
― Jon Athan, The Last Lesson

“ulnar”
― Jon Athan, The Girl in the Attic

“You can’t do this, you slob, the little voice in Cindy Moore’s head said. What were you thinking? You don’t belong here. You never did and you never will. Give up. Give up. Give up.”
― Jon Athan, Bad Appetites

“But there was no such thing as ‘enough’ for sexual predators. The headlines never read: sex offender caught with one picture of child pornography. The headlines read: sex offender caught with 320,000 pictures and videos of child pornography. Sexual predators didn’t rape one person and quit, they raped until they were caught. There was something wrong—so dangerously wrong—with their minds.”
― Jon Athan, The Groomer

“Ashley turned and slapped her father. Logan released her wrist, stunned. He wasn't physically injured, but his ego was murdered and buried by the public display of disrespect.”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“Danger caressed the nape of his neck,”
― Jon Athan, The Last Lesson

“They blamed it on ‘bath salts’-induced psychosis. Florida”
― Jon Athan, Blender Babies

“I mean, if you can't stop your receding hairline from running away from you, what makes you think you can stop me?”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins

“I’ve never had cancer. Never known anyone with it. But I reckon depression is similar to it. It kills you from inside and there ain’t no cure. Not even the three ‘M’s.”
― Jon Athan, Damned From Birth

“She took another drag of the cigarette, the cherry glowing like a torch at night. She giggled as she blew the smoke in her daughter's face. The smile was wiped from her face in an instant. She crushed the smoldering cigarette on Ashley's bruised chest, using her breast as a makeshift ashtray.”
― Jon Athan, The Abuse of Ashley Collins