Paula D. Ashe > Quotes

“Pain is the source of all matter. It is the force that holds the universe together, that will tear it apart, only to rebuild again. Throughout the ages, humanity asks over and over again “why are we here?” and then pretends as if the Void does not bellow the answer back every single time. We are here to hurt each other. Again, and again, and again, in perpetuity.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“Whenever I write fiction, I have to stop and ask myself "am I writing this just to hurt people?" For a while, I couldn't handle the fact that oftentimes the answer was "yes.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“Throughout the ages, humanity asks over and over again “why are we here?” and then pretends as if the Void does not bellow the answer back every single time. We are here to hurt each other. Again, and again, and again, in perpetuity.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“The young bride and her handsome Deacon, her hand like painted porcelain nestled delicate and safe in the sanctuary of his forearm.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“Kids don’t give a fuck about volume, ever. This—”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“Slatterns with pickled brains emphatically offer the Anglican a variety of slick and tight delights, flipping their ragged skirts at the pass of his shadow to give him a glimpse of their puckered and pestilent holes.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“A whore is nothing more than the sum of her parts; the parts alone are worthless.”
― Paula D. Ashe, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

“But glancing at his face, distorted as it was from pain, I could see just a sliver of the beast beneath the skin.”
― Paula D. Ashe, The Mother of All Monsters