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Quotes from This Is the Way the World Ends — James K. Morrow

born 1947 United States

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Now we’re getting somewhere, George told himself, although he sensed that this situation would not endure.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

Maybe I’ll end up on the fun side of her pants some day.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

Curse God, and die. To George it seemed like remarkably sage and relevant advice.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

Gravestones, he knew, were educational media, teaching that life has limits: don’t set your sights too high.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

Be sure to convict that chucklehead. He thinks a country’s Christianity is measured by the size of its thermonuclear arsenal.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

To George, Overwhite still seemed like a windbag, but he was obviously a resourceful and intelligent one, a windbag woven of the finest material.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

“It must have been hard converting your elders in the Pentagon to this view.”
“Ever try stuffing a melted marshmallow up a wildcat’s ass? It can be done, but you have to like your job.”

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

For moral reasons, the young Reverend Peter Sparrow declined to join the Saturday night gatherings of the Erebus Poker Club. Gambling, he knew, was Satan’s third favorite pastime, after sex and ecumenicalism.

This Is the Way the World Ends (1986)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James K. Morrow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.