Atom Heart John Beloved Quotes

“Like the conceited asshole I am, I had only thought about how lucky he was that I was letting him have sex with me. I had never stopped to consider how lucky I was too.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“Straight guys, I was starting to realize, were quite frequently not one hundred percent straight.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“You guys shouldn't fight. Ever. I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean it. Just don't fight again."
There was more behind the words, I knew. If Teddy had been older, he would have said more. But at fourteen, that was all he knew to say. It was enough.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“People may call it puppy love, but it feels like a full-grown dog when you've got it.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“Nathan just didn't seem interested in having to prove he was a man. To some guys, that could mean he must be gay. I knew the type, and I personally knew he was more of a man than just about any of them. For starters, he was his own man. He didn't just follow the crowd. He was also tough and courageous. He was also kind. Maybe that was it.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“Not every day your best friend worships your cock almost like it is god or something.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“Brian looked a bit scared now, even though he was also bigger than I was. And richer. And whiter.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“The two worst inventions of all time? Religion and gunpowder.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“I was furious, and the more I read, the angrier I became.
Holy fuck. Didn't anyone ever investigate this stuff before making it their entire belief system?”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“I went online and ended up spending seven hours-yep, seven hours, only taking a break to eat a bit of dinner-looking up how the Bible came to be. I knew God hadn't just handed it to someone and said, "Here. I wrote a book." But I had never bothered to investigate how all those individual books and letters came to be "The Bible" and who had decided that. Now that I was doing it, I couldn't believe I had never thought of doing it before. How on earth could I have been fed this stuff all my life without ever asking where it all came from?”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“One Sunday morning Brother Jim preached about the evils of homosexuality. He kept saying it was "a bomb nation." I knew he meant abomination, but I couldn't get past the fact that the man was so ignorant he didn't even know how to pronounce it.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“So how do you define this shit? If you're attracted to a million girls and one guy, are you bisexual? It was a question worth asking.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“I wasn't expecting it to be like this. I wasn't expecting it to feel so good. I wasn't expecting to enjoy him breathing in ear and nibbling on my neck. Fuck, it was so damn good!”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“I found most things in the Bible confusing. I never read it unless I had to. I had to admit, though, Nathan sure knew how to pick out the good bits.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“We didn't say much. I had heard the expression "Be Here Now." We were here. Now.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved

“I was often a prick, and I knew it. Only I always knew it too late.”
― Luke Hartwell, Atom Heart John Beloved