Quotes by David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel

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Men do everything that men do, from waging war to reading books, for one purpose only: to get laid. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
It’s something of a cliché, at least among war correspondents, that war makes people unusually horny; what it actually d — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
All nineteen-year-old males are children who are men capable of war. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
The problem with freedom is that when people have it, they do what they want to. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
He says that politics is a waste of time. Politics are? Politics is? Anyway, a waste of time. He says you should focus o — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
Don’t you wonder sometimes,” Miranda asked, “whether women have all the power or no power at all? — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
Christianity has always been the Gestapo of desire, since long, long before there was a Gestapo. Instead of Jews to hate — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
That’s what nobody admits about men, how needy they are. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
Once you’ve gotten used to a certain kind of smell from a certain kind of flesh, whether it’s a lover or a rotting corps — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
Praising heroes who slay monsters is a writer’s most ancient task. — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel
Arthur, do you think the fall of the Wall means anything? Do you think that this means that even one fewer body will bur — David Burr Gerrard, Short Century: A Novel