“Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.”

“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.
Everywhere else is Cleveland.”

“What happened in New Orleans looked like the curse of God, in time if New Orleans recovers and becomes the pristine city it can become it may in time be called a blessing. But at this time it's called a curse.”

“New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate.”

“Gun on the waistline, leave you in the wasteland.”

“I am too sick to lay down
the sidewalks frighten me
the whole damned city frightens me,
what I will become
what I have become
frightens me.”

“John Hagee: In the case of New Orleans, their plan to have that homosexual rally was sin. But it never happened. The rally never happened.
Dennis Prager: No, I understand.
John Hagee: It was scheduled that Monday.
Dennis Prager: No, I’m only trying to understand that in the case of New Orleans, you do feel that God's hand was in it because of a sinful city?
John Hagee: That it was a city that was planning a sinful conduct, yes.”

“It is not because there is a God outside me. But that I find the true Buddha-nature of my own heart.”

“all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims … for what?”

“take one last look behind
commit this to memory and mind
don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
when you leave
keep your heart off your sleeve”