“The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks… Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews.”

Source: Triggerfish Twist

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks… Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have die…" by Tim Dorsey?
Tim Dorsey photo
Tim Dorsey 4
American writer 1961

Related quotes

Gertrude Stein photo

“A saint is one to be for two when three and you make five and two and cover.
A at most.
Saint saint a saint.”

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays

Four Saints in Three Acts (1927)
Operas and Plays (1932)

“Only five books tonight, Mommy," she says.
No, Olivia, just one."
How about four?"
Two."
Three."
Oh, all right, three. But that's it!”

Ian Falconer (1959) American illustrator and writer, costume and set designer

Source: Olivia

Susan Cooper photo

“When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone.”

Susan Cooper (1935) English fantasy writer

Source: The Dark Is Rising (1965-1977), The Dark Is Rising (1973), Chapter 3 “The Sign-Seeker” (p. 45)

Gore Vidal photo
Nikki Giovanni photo
Lee Kuan Yew photo

“Without the elected president and if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it”

Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) First Prime Minister of Singapore

MM Lee Kuan Yew on what would happen if a profligate opposition government touched Singapore's vast monetary reserves, "Lee Kuan Yew defends PAP's Political Dominance", Reuters, 16 September 2006
2000s

Edward O. Wilson photo
Nikki Giovanni photo
Leslie Feist photo

“One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, and ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then.”

Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician

"1 2 3 4" (written with Sally Seltmann)
The Reminder (2007)

William Faulkner photo

Related topics