A college provides a means of accrediting and laundering one’s existence, so that what was may be forgotten under the weight of something far more mundane.

— Thomm Quackenbush

Adolescence impelled her eyes to stay at an even keel, to deal with the ground before flickering to the heavens. Night became not dotted with fairy clouds of celestial brilliance, but simply the time when the sun was out of sight.

— Thomm Quackenbush

A goddess does not need to eat and does so only for her pleasure.

— Thomm Quackenbush

All this electromagnetic pollution in the air from the Internet and cell phones, it cuts you off from God.

— Thomm Quackenbush

A lonely person on a college campus is never more than a few minutes and a bad decision from company.

— Thomm Quackenbush

American culture enforces such rigid gender roles for male friendships that they are gay unless they materially resemble a beer commercial.

— Thomm Quackenbush

Americans bred like rabbits, expecting the reaper to slaughter at least a few before they reached ripeness.

— Thomm Quackenbush

A modern culture built on the back of dying gods immerses me.

— Thomm Quackenbush

Angels are just beyond us. They’re creatures that biology doesn’t apply to. They don’t love humanity at all. Furthermore, they just love God.

— Thomm Quackenbush

Anger is a powerful, transformative emotion, one that can light the fire under us that propels us ever higher. However, the woman wasting time at the grocery story, the man cutting us off, the website that will not load are not the right targets for our energy.

— Thomm Quackenbush