Loose Cannon Quotes

“I’m not scared of anything.” “That makes you stupid, not brave,”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“Miller sighed. This was exactly the kind of thing that made him want to live in an igloo on a glacier. Even penguins seemed like too much company at a moment like this.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“Being drunk doesn’t change the kind of person you are. If it did, everyone would get violent when they were drinking. Alcohol just makes it easier to do the shit you already wanted to do.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“Faith was meaningless if you only had it because your parents had brainwashed you into it.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“But once you were done, you felt better? Having said it. Uh, coming out? It was better after?”

Church bit his lower lip, his mobile face folding into an expression almost like a wince.

“You’re thinking about lying to me,” Miller said mildly, and Church dropped his eyes and laughed, a little shamefaced.

“Yeah, I was.”

“Don’t. Please?”

“It’s just that it never really ends. Coming out, I mean. Like, the first time you say it to someone, it feels huge, you know? It feels good too, like you’re committed. But it doesn’t only happen once. Every day, any time the subject comes up, any time a form asks for your wife’s name or someone in line making small talk asks if you’re waiting for your girlfriend or something, it’s there. You have to decide whether you’re gonna fix the assumption the other person made. So it’s better in some ways, Miller, but it’s never something you can put a check mark next to.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“It occurred to him for the first time that gender rules in dating were stupid. Why did someone’s gender have anything to do with who bought food? Or picked out flowers? It wasn’t until both people on the date had the same equipment that it suddenly seemed stupid. Why should he always get to decide what he wanted to do while the other person had to follow along? He had a vague urge to call all his old girlfriends and apologize, though he wasn’t entirely sure why.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“On the television, a woman was scrubbing her kitchen tile with her magical new mop. It had not only cleaned the tough-to-reach space behind the fridge, it had saved her marriage, listened to her deepest secrets and given her orgasms too.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon

“They’ll murder us,” he told the pillowcase. “They won’t.” “They’ll use us to fuel the barbecues.” “They aren’t going to set anyone on fire.” “Clearly you know nothing about Catholics,” Miller snapped. “We love setting people on fire when we don’t approve of how they live their lives. It’s kind of our raison d’être.”
― Sidney Bell, Loose Cannon