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War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.

War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.

David Wong
Powerful, War, Groups
David Wong (2012). “This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It”, p.302, Macmillan

All of society is built to prop up that lie, the whole world a big, noisy puppet show meant to distract us from the fact that at the end, you'll die, and you'll probably be alone.

David Wong
Lying, World, Puppets
David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.133, Titan Books

She sat one of the fluffy cats in my lap and stuffed the other down my shirt. She turned and left. 'There,' said the large man. 'The kittens will make your sad go away.

David Wong
Cat, Men, Going Away
David Wong (2009). “John Dies at the End”, p.392, Macmillan

John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the road, chugging gas and farting a blue cloud of dinosaur souls.

David Wong
Clouds, Rights, Blue
David Wong (2012). “This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It”, p.110, Macmillan

I wanted to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb, let my tears and dripping saliva pool under me. Sorry. I tried living, tried being sentient. Can't do it. Can't live in the same universe with that.

David Wong
Sorry, Tears, Curls
David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.289, Titan Books

At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind the tape. John claims that here he told the guards that he could not speak English and when that failed to persuade them, he fa...ked a violent seizure. I am unclear as to the purpose of this part of his plan. John flung himself down and began rolling around in the snow, thrashing his limbs about and screaming “EL SEIZURE!!! NO ES BUENO!!!” in a Mexican accent.

David Wong
Elderly, Security Guards, Speak English
David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.408, Titan Books

And watch out for Molly. See if she does anything unusual. There’s something I don’t trust about the way she exploded and then came back from the dead like that.

David Wong
Doe, Watches, Way
David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.375, Titan Books

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