Narcisa Quotes

“I reminded myself that worrying is like praying for bad shit to happen.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“An addict with an excuse is like a monkey with a machine gun.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“Crazy, jingle-jangle summer days and long, steamy Carioca nights. Narcisa and I running from the cops together, merging into humid nighttime shadows, hand in hand, laughing through it all. Jingle days. Times to remember forever.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“TO DARE TO LIVE ALONE IS THE RAREST COURAGE; SINCE THERE ARE MANY WHO HAD RATHER MEET THEIR BITTEREST ENEMY IN THE FIELD, THAN THEIR OWN HEARTS IN THEIR CLOSET.” —Charles Caleb Colton”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“I never meant to scare people off; it was just this thing I had. As a kid, I wanted to fit in, and I tried to in awkward little ways. But they could always see right through me. Like a ghost. When I tried to smile, people would check their wallets. Today, I know it’s better like that. Keeps the rats away.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“SO THEY PROVIDED JAILS CALLED SCHOOLS, EQUIPPED WITH TORTURES CALLED AN EDUCATION.” —John Updike”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“These punk anarchist peoples de most honest an’ authentic peoples in de whole world!”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“FAIR PLAY IS PRIMARILY NOT BLAMING OTHERS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH US.” —Eric Hoffer”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“There were so many people, places and things she disliked, the litany of her pet peeves was hard to keep up with. Narcisa hated anyone in a uniform, particularly waiters, police and the military; fat people, Argentines; Forró and Caipira music were a constant source of annoyance to her, as well as all religious art, newspapers and newscasts. She also despised poor people. But, as an equal-opportunity hater, she disliked rich people just as much. Basically, Narcisa loathed the whole human race.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“I’d always despised the so-called born-again Christians. To me, those sanctimonious, hypocritical fundamentalist churches were to faith what whorehouses were to love.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“Looking back at the real Carnaval on the street, I shuddered with revulsion as a foul epiphany struck me in the heart: these fuckers really need to be caged up in factories and offices. Take that away for five whole days, and they degenerate into these unruly destructive savages, slithering through the gutter like demented, deranged reptilian vomit-monsters. The horror!”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“TO PURSUE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT ONLY FUTILE BUT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT DESTROYS EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.” —Hubert Selby Jr.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“Time passed. Life went on. Things got weirder.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“I stood before her, grinning like a farmer.”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“THE LUST FOR POWER IS NOT ROOTED IN STRENGTH, BUT IN WEAKNESS.” —Erich Fromm”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“I never cared much for televisions or valuables or personal effects anyway. Who needs all that crap to worry about? What does a man really need? A few good books. Some spending cash. Maybe a girl to pass the time. A pen and paper. Change of underwear, whatever .”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes

“DO NOT DWELL IN THE PAST, DO NOT DREAM OF THE FUTURE, CONCENTRATE THE MIND ON THE PRESENT MOMENT.” —Buddha”
― Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes