Butcher Bird Quotes

“All losers are romantics. It's what keeps us from blowing our brains out.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence.
Or insanity.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“He wore his fear on his skin for everyone to see.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“If fucking up is power, I should be the Hulk by now.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“I'll give you another example. The snake in the Garden of Eden?"
"Yeah?"
"It was just a snake. Humanity's first real decision was to defy God. So was mine. That's the reason I make you uncomfortable. We're so much alike.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“Besides, do you think you would have come if I’d just popped into your tattoo shop one night around closing and
said, ‘Hello, I’m the Prince of Darkness. Think you could help me out
with a little war next Tuesday, say, sixish?”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“When the world began, there were no such things as monsters. Demons were just fallen angels who, booted out of Heaven and bored with Hell, wandered the Earth sticking little girls’ pigtails in inkwells and sinking the occasional continent.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“Everything's show biz in the end”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“It’s not necessary to fill every moment with your own voice. Silence terrifies you. You see your own existence as so tenuous that you’re afraid you’ll pop like a bubble if, at every opportunity, you don’t remind the world that you’re alive. But wisdom begins in silence. In learning to listen. To words and to the world. Trust me. You won’t disappear. And, in time, you might find that you’ve grown into something unexpected.” “What?”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“They were the understanding eyes of kindly folk who burned witches alive to save their souls.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“...Reality is a two-ton weight strapped to your balls. And they just keep getting heavier.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird

“We’re not demons. We’re human. If we make a bargain, we keep it.” “Humans are the most treacherous animals in existence! Everyone knows that!” Ashbliss shouted. “It’s not even fun going to Earth and corrupting you because you’re all halfway there.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird: A Novel of the Dominion

“For now, we have this sky and the moon, warm air in our lungs and good companions. I can tell you one thing for certain, little brother: In this life, no matter what anyone promises you, what allegiances of love or fealty they swear or what gods they pray to, you will never have more than what you have at this moment.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird: A Novel of the Dominion

“When the Dominions sleep, they dream about us and how sad they are that we’re so far away and not able to play. Sometimes they gnash their planet-size teeth in the dark. They’re always looking, scratching at the edges of time and space for a way back into our universe. Sometimes they find a crack and peek through at us. When your skin goes cold and you feel like you’re being watched, but no one is there, it’s them. We’re their drive-in double feature, with a Cherry Coke and free refills on popcorn.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird: A Novel of the Dominion

“Be quiet,” said the Count. “It’s not necessary to fill every moment with your own voice. Silence terrifies you. You see your own existence as so tenuous that you’re afraid you’ll pop like a bubble if, at every opportunity, you don’t remind the world that you’re alive. But wisdom begins in silence. In learning to listen. To words and to the world. Trust me. You won’t disappear. And, in time, you might find that you’ve grown into something unexpected.” “What?” “A man,” said the Count.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird: A Novel of the Dominion

“All great men begin as fools. It’s one of life’s little jokes.”
― Richard Kadrey, Butcher Bird: A Novel of the Dominion