White Wedding Lies, and Discontent Quotes

“When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“And somewhere
out there,
in the river of
addicts,
alcoholics,
wife beaters,
doormats,
overeducated legalized thieves,
fascist police,
and bitter rivalries—
someone told me
it’s a good city,
and I don’t know
what’s more frightening”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Too many codeine pills,
Too many nights of cold chills
Too many weak-handed deals
Too many lives, the addict steals”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“What simple and
ordinary lives we live,
underneath the shadows
of projection screen
artists”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“I pawned the remote to my misery,
trading it in for liquor that was cheap;
screwdrivers for my vitamin c,
and a little bloodstream to my IV,
helping to soothe my lunacy”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“I stopped loving my father at some point while I was a drunk. I began hating him after I became sober.”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Because any guilt the size
of a speck of dust, or shame,
can crush even the best of men,
in mountains of weight”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“My aches have aches”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“I suppose I’ve come a long way
from: being drunk enough to drive;
tired enough to replace sleep with
pills; irresponsible enough with
money to steal for it; and dumb enough
to ruin perfectly normal relationships;
but smart enough to know the difference—
that every lifestyle change is just
a new prison”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“But there’s a million of these
towns that are like factories,
breeding hate and fear that only
the fortunate will never meet

And these zoomed up
kids die like saints, for
someone else’s
dollar”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“America—where we hate our
fathers, love our mothers, and
everyone is hung up on trying
to be a man”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“And sometimes, saying nothing says more than what can be said”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“We’re not decimal points, dollar signs, numbers, nor calculated penalties We’re human beings, not to be bought and sold, we’re to be priceless and free”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“But those are the dreams of a child, and here I am, still not ready to be a man And those who try to save the world, destroy theirs and themselves in the process”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“all I’m saying is there’s gold out there, somewhere, and I’m not eager for the same fate, but here I am, still swinging away”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“How much longer can you keep up the act? Maybe people are just one more lie away from telling the truth.”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Damn this world for ignoring it’s best and brightest, making pacifists poets out of us all.”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“One of the problems of being a man is that there’s never ever truly a moment’s peace, so maybe that does extend from Adam and Eve The issue is that you’re always on the alert, pondering possibilities, planning escape routes, practicing routines”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“But in this age of associates degrees and extra cheese— the world is watching, and so is my family—”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“And I do acknowledge all of my screw-ups, but not everything on my side began with tulips”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“And it’s too bad that I’m pretty, and not brave, because there’s not much else men can do for women, nowadays”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Which coffee drink Which shirt to bring I’ll tell you how to think I’ll tell you what to dream”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Things weren’t always this awkward, just lately, but I guess the closer to death, there’s a need, a need to set things right by me; for two decades lost, I’ll never see, or for other reasons unbeknownst to me I wish I didn’t feel so much grief; every time I see you, I wish I could leave But I guess you were the best father you could be to someone like me And I tell you all these things in books, you’ll never read”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“it’s too much fun trying to avoid the burn, instead of waiting for my life to take a turn”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“When did loving her become a chore? When did my love, become a revolving door?”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“My mind is in a constant state of anarchy because I can’t quell my heart’s uprising.”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“If poetry had a taste, it’d taste like you— sweet and sour,”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Hope is the formaldehyde of life.”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“Bukowski once said that it terrifies some people to write, and it is painful and dangerous to “expose one’s ass on paper” because it opens one up to the slings and arrows of criticism and the scrutiny of one's soul. So while you read this book, think of the courage it took to write it. Then think of the courage it took to publish it. Then read it again. —Raegan Butcher October 4th, 2013”
― Phil Volatile, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

“I’m the new age miner,
going to work at the company’s
gold mines, where they charge me
for the pick axe”
― Volatalistic Phil, White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story