Jason Kirk > Jason's Quotes

“It's a disorienting moment, when you realize the Christmas story you've read a hundred times has always included, hidden in plain sight, an anarchist manifesto.”
― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

“The good news: Romans flayed Jesus’ ribmeat because seventeen-year-olds did hands-in-pants stuff behind a putt-putt brontosaurus 1,974 years later.
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― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

“All that Hell shit,” she said, unzipping my hoodie and handing it back, “isn’t afterlife panic. It’s excuses to abuse people now, like addicts and victims need more bad shit. Let’s create middle-school self-haters! Then call them sluts who’ll get boys damned! Because we’re the only way outta Hell, everyone better agree with us on everything. Hell is a world without God? Hell is a Christian president bombing Iraqi babies!”
― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

“During hugs, Miss Esther said, “Gumdrop, once I’m gone, keep leadin’ my babies out here.” I agreed, queasily. She understands the parking deck’s gonna replace her house, right? “Acts 3:21,” she said. “We ain’t finished ‘til that’s his will.”
― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You

“(Catholic Bibles include an extra hundred pages of bonus lore, meaning an extra hundred pages go unread.)”
― Jason Kirk, Hell Is a World Without You