Jake

“I spent a few minutes fully engrossed in the textbook, having forgotten where I was and why I was there, the highest compliment one can pay a book, I suppose.”
― Neve Maslakovic, Regarding Ducks and Universes

“I used to believe there was a part of the human brain we couldn’t quite excise, and its sole purpose was to encourage self-destruction. Someday, I thought, the guys working on the BRAIN Initiative would push aside a contour in the gray matter and find a pulsing, jet-black spot. They’d insert a probe into the patient’s head to press the nodule and the patient’s immediate response would be to shout out, “FUCK IT! WHY NOT?”
― Jeremy Robert Johnson, Skullcrack City

“That’s what it’s like being poor—choices are something you sit around and dream about having, some day after you strike it rich.”
― David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

“Just enough to make up for all the fucking taxes the government took out of my regular paycheck. “Free” counseling. “Free” healthcare. “Free” employment services. “Free” food. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Keep that in mind. Somewhere, somehow, somebody is paying. For everything.”
― Ken Wheaton, Bacon and Egg Man: A Novel