Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe #2)

by David Wong

[A] flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. KURT VONNEGUT

When you get sick of what’s in front of you, yeah, fixing it is never as appealing as just walking away and starting fresh. It’s the reason the landfills are choked with stuff that could easily be repaired and it’s the reason action movies are always about killing psychopaths instead of helping them get better mental health meds.

Arthur had apparently once confided to Will that if one possessed the skill to craft sufficiently elaborate and convincing lies, then no other skills were really necessary.

“There are several problems with that, the main one being that eating a human heart is not a crime.” “It’s not?” Budd said, “No federal law against it, only state that outlaws it is Idaho.” “Why do you know that?

“Wait, really? And nobody sees the obvious flaw in that system?” “They see it, they just don’t care. But enough about America’s war on drugs.

Everything that happens matters only in terms of what you can learn from it going forward.”

“There are things people actually believe,” said Andre, “and things they only pretend to believe because it’s convenient. But over time it don’t matter which is which, it

“Because they hate you, Zoey. And because they hate you, they need to come up with a reason to hate you. See, because otherwise, they’re just bad people.”

a psychopath is nothing but someone who is pathologically bored, to the point that they would burn the world just to break up the routine.”

You went on a twenty-minute rant about it two weeks ago. I think the phrase you used was ‘I’d rather poop a sun.’”

Fear was interest paid on money you didn’t even owe.

Now, the way social media works, these messages will travel further if there’s some kind of outrageous statement attached, so maybe try something like, “You’ll love this book if, like me, you agree that cannibalism should not only be legal, but required.” If it doesn’t get any traction, you can just keep adding stuff. (“Too bad we’ll never get those laws changed as long as women are allowed to vote. Also, I never, ever tip.”)