Too Weird To Share Quotes

“We had troubles. Friends that could never be friendly. But it can go that way when young. Then we reconnected. During the COVID lockdown. Both adults now. Adults that still didn't get along. Some things just can't be blamed on youth.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“My mom visited my first apartment. Said the place was filthy. Started cleaning. Only stopped when everything was "where it belonged." After I couldn't find anything. Some things I never found. But that's how it goes. When we let others order our lives.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“They poured cream in my eye. Sweet oil in my ears. Put wet tobacco on a bee sting. I didn't see the doctor much as a kid.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“We are born. And begin to remember. An aunt throws up out a car window. A cigarette burns my foot. A dying relative screams from a back bedroom. These are my first memories. The things my brain decided I should never forget.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“A family moved to Dixie County with a dream. Then spent all they had to open a retro bar off US19. James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. A T-Bird on the roof. On opening night a guy got rowdy. Was asked to leave. But he returned the next morning. With a can of gas. And they watched their dream burn.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“There's not much to do in a small town. Teens have to make their own fun. This usually means partying. Cheap beer. Making babies. But we had other ideas. We'd film movies. Write songs. "Attack of the Demonic Broccoli People" is a lost horror classic. Shut down by a teacher who said it was "Of The Devil." "Angie Girl" lyrics rhymed porch swing with ding-a-ling. We were the new New Romantics. I'd leave handwritten stories with confused cashiers. Pass proto-folk-punk tapes around school. You can get a lot done with no money. If the motivation is there.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“My dad's boss hosted a Christmas event at his house. Gathering for food and drink. Presents for the kids. A smoking Santa passed out gifts. My box was huge. An electric race track. I had never had a present that nice. But there had been a mistake. Santa took my race track. Handed it to another kid. Gave me a box of books. And said it was the right gift for me.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“There are more than a few advantages to not following the prevailing trends. As Rob Liefeld was famous for not drawing superhero feet you could get Jack Kirby "Devil Dinosaur" comics for a dime. When Poison was trying to make the phrase "Unskinny Bop" a thing I bought a copy of Ozzy-era Black Sabbath's "Sabotage" on cassette for $1.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler

“I headed to college having learned 3/4 of my vocabulary from reading. Excited to finally discuss so many things! Instead quickly became comic relief for grad students running Intro classes. Mispronounced everything from Goethe to Sartre. But I was there to learn. And I did.”
― Damon Thomas, Too Weird To Share: A Rural Gloom Sampler