“Grub first, then ethics.”
“In the suburbs lust thrives and flourishes like an epidemic of lawn grubs during a heat wave.”
“But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.”
“Sorry. But I don't need some money-grubbing preacher defining my relationship with God.”
“Thinking like ethical people, dressing like ethical people, decorating our homes like ethical people makes not a damn of difference unless we also behave like ethical people.”
“Her eyes burrow into my forehead like greedy grubs that want to feed off my private thoughts.”