# Quote — DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little

> The truth is a corrosive thing. It's like everybody who used to cuss the dead is now lining up to say what perfect angels of God they were. What I'm learning is the world laughs through its ass every day, then just lies double-time when shit goes down. It's like we're on a Pritikin diet of fucken lies. I mean—what kind of fucken life is this?

- Author: [DBC Pierre](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre.md)
- Book: [Vernon God Little](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre/vernon-god-little.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vernon_God_Little#Act_I._Shit_happened) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre/vernon-god-little/the-truth-is-a-corrosive

## More from this book

> Fate always pays attention to what you think, then slams it up your fucken ass.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre/vernon-god-little/fate-always-pays.md)

> 'And here's the winning ticket,' says Gibbons. 'Green forty-seven!' A sluggish frenzy breaks through the tent. The kid stops, and drags a mangled pink ticket from his pocket. He squints at it, like it might turn fucken green.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre/vernon-god-little/and-heres-the.md)

> "We could turn your situation around three hundred and sixty degrees..."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dbc-pierre/vernon-god-little/we-could-turn.md)