Tuesday, March 31, 2009

faggot

Below a street peddler sells a bundle
of faggots to a serving maid.


The Witch of Cologne. pg. 398.


Monday, March 30, 2009

dog

"A dog! Esther! Mama! I'm to have a dog!"

"Only for the painting, Jacob."


The Witch of Cologne. pg. 386.


Sunday, March 29, 2009

fear

"Gehard, what do you fear?
The pickpockets or the whores?"

"Both, you scoundrel."


The Witch of Cologne. pg. 383.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

omnipotent

The omnipotent finger of God is here present
in the anatomy of a louse, in which you shall
find wonder heaped upon wonder and be
amazed by the wisdom of God manifest in
the most minute matter.


The Witch of Cologne. pg.375.


Friday, March 27, 2009

health

My mom had a heart attack at 59,
her mom had a stroke at 59 and a
heart attack at 68, and it killed her.
-J.M.

If you're lucky, you're like your father
and will be too stubborn to die before
your 70, but at least you'll do it in a
healthier more sane way.

-Moi

Thursday, March 26, 2009

patience

My nerves aren't wracked,
but my patience is tried.


-B. Klingensmith.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

insult

Your iPod is full of crap.


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

gift

And lo, when the dashing young man
returned to his dwelling, the postal faerie
had delivered unto him a package of great joy.

Upon opening the parcel, his eyes did grow wide
and he let out a sigh of great joy and spaketh
with great reverence the words of his saviour
[Martha Stewart], "It's a good thing".



Monday, March 23, 2009

knowledge

Even more revolutionary was his announcement
that the real teaching of God is simply knowledge
of God and the love of one's neighbor.


The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 361


Sunday, March 22, 2009

servant

This is my good servant, Monsieur Georges.
One might call him my invisible right hand.
I am happy to report that he has spied for
the Spanish and whored for the French.


The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 334


Saturday, March 21, 2009

faith

Indeed, but faith is an inspiration toward
the betterment of the self. We must not
allow ourselves to be contaminated by hate.


The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 322


Friday, March 20, 2009

relationship

If you can free yourself from the dictatorship of
the passions
then all that occurs will be a result of
your relations with the
external but of your own
true nature within, which is God himself.


The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 321


Thursday, March 19, 2009

corruption

Too late, my love, you have corrupted me with
your philosophies and I cannot be what I was before.


The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 319


Wednesday, March 18, 2009

love

To love one's fellow man is to love God, is it not?

The Witch of Cologne. Pg. 288


Tuesday, March 17, 2009

GWB

The George W. Bush library will be full
of Fiction... just like his presidency.



Monday, March 16, 2009

heartbeat

Don't get me wrong. Sure he's pretty.
I'd do him in a drunken, arrhythmic
heartbeat. But, he's still not my type.



Sunday, March 15, 2009

work

Well, if you were looking for a
mind-numbing environment
you came to the right place.



Saturday, March 14, 2009

sexuality

Sexuality is like the word "dog".
It generally describes a wide
variation of characteristics
among individuals of a group.



Friday, March 13, 2009

funeral

Evangelicalism doesn't need a bailout.
Much of it needs a funeral.



Thursday, March 12, 2009

sell-out

When an Evangelical sells out to
popular secularism, is it really
such a bad thing , or did he do
the world a favor?



Wednesday, March 11, 2009

wings

Every time an Evangelical gets its wings,
the world heaves a collective sigh of relief.




It's terrible. I know.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

weight

He'd be greatly improved if
something heavy dropped on him.


-Charlotte Pollard. Doctor Who.


Monday, March 9, 2009

temptation

Lead me not into temptation,
I can find it myself.



Sunday, March 8, 2009

prejudice

Such an ugly woman, the maid thinks, wondering
whether the Jewess is truly a witch, maybe even
half goat under the long skirt.


The Witch of Cologne. pg. 244

Saturday, March 7, 2009

surgery

Beside the bed lies a bowl in the center
of which the putrid growth squats evilly.

The Witch of Cologne. pg. 241


Friday, March 6, 2009

politics

Be warned: my brother is a creature of politics,
he has no sensibility of the needs of others.


The Witch of Cologne. pg 235

Thursday, March 5, 2009

comfort

I would rather be a comfortable renegade
than a suffering beauty.

The Witch of Cologne. pg 232

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

hate

Hate is not Christian; it is a toxin that
can only fester like a canker....


The Witch of Cologne. pg 217


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

propaganda

Protestants are never known for their
compliancy, sire, but they do make
excellent propagandists.

The Witch of Cologne. pg. 208


Monday, March 2, 2009

christians

They burned two of their own last week.
I was there, I haven't seen such joviality
since Christmas.


The Witch of Cologne. pg 199

Sunday, March 1, 2009

thought

Hello. Psychiatric? I need a bed...
::dramatic pause::
better make it two,
I'm bringing the letter "k" with me.