19 Quotes by Gavin G. Smith

What sex is she, anyway? Girly girl?”“Base human female. There were only two, possibly three genders originally.

You know, Alexia started, “I will be deeply disappointed if the apocalypse starts in Portsmouth.

Du Bois sighed theatrically. “It’s as if Oscar Wilde never died for our sins.

There was little room in this new world for devils.

I have a theory about suburbs,” Grace mused. “...it all happens here, all the great crimes, kept hidden until they’re too loud to contain. Quiet perversions, quite substance abuse, quiet violence, quiet art. We just don’t hear about it until something big happens. You mark my words – in one of those houses down there is a man with a needle in his arm, fucking a dog whilst composing the greatest poetry since Homer.

Cucumbers are better, motherfucker,” Vic told the corpse.

Oh my god, this is so weird! I’m in space, talking to a giant insect. This is like ... I don’t know ... William Burroughs or something!

God abhors a naked singularity because that’s when things stop making sense. Predictability breaks down. That’s why the universe takes all its dirty little secrets and hides them in the centre of a black hole.

You’ve already got one of those dildos lodged in your arse, haven’t you?” an exasperated Grace asked as she looked around at the collection of adult DVDs, sex toys and underwear. “I’ve lived too long – this all looks really boring to me.” She grinned at du Bois. “Still, must make a pleasant change from the hair shirt and self-flagellation.