Oh God, it came to him instantly as he slipped out of sleep like a soft turd squeezed free of a loose asshole

Joe R Lansdale, Bubba Ho-Tep

Consider also:

  1. “To wrap them about in reflected lights was to do this, and to dwell over-fondly upon any softness of hair or flesh was to dwell upon that which was least permanent and least characteristic, for ‘The great and golden rule of art, as of life, is this: that the more distinct, sharp and wiry the boundary-line, the more perfect the work of art; and the less keen and sharp, the greater is the evidence of weak imitation, plagiarism and bungling.'”
  2. Bubba Ho-Tep
  3. Teutonic Religion
  4. “Religion is not the same as ethics. Religion in its fanatic state may be a passion devoid of morality that will take any means to an end.”
  5. “That’s the whole problem of life. Is it a circle or a spiral?”